Shloka 32

Adhyaya 19 — Kartavirya Arjuna at Dattatreya’s Ashram: Boons, Sovereignty, and Vaishnava Praise

Sanskrit

इत्येतत् तस्य माहात्म्यं दत्तात्रेयस्य धीमतः ।

विष्णोश्चराचरगुरोरनन्तस्य महात्मनः ॥

Transliteration

ity etat tasya māhātmyaṃ dattātreyasya dhīmataḥ | viṣṇoś carācaraguror anantasya mahātmanaḥ ||

Translation

وهكذا أُعلنَت عظمة داتّاتريا الحكيم—أي فيشنو (Viṣṇu)، مُعلِّم جميع الكائنات المتحركة والساكنة، ذو النفس العظيمة أنانتا (Ananta).

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरणार्थक (quotative particle)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; ‘this’

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness/glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• दत्तात्रेयस्य: of Dattātreya
• दत्तात्रेयस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दत्तात्रेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• धीमतः: of the wise
• धीमतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying दत्तात्रेयस्य)

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• चराचरगुरोः: of the teacher of the moving and unmoving (beings)
• चराचरगुरोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर + अचर + गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: चराचरयोः गुरुḥ

• अनन्तस्य: of the Infinite (Ananta)
• अनन्तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying अनन्तस्य/विष्णोः)

Speakers

• Frame-dialogue context (Dharmapakṣī birds narrating; exact speaker not explicit in the provided excerpt)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "bhakti", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Dattātreya
• Viṣṇu
• Ananta

Key Themes

• Vaiṣṇava theology
• Guru principle
• Māhātmya (eulogistic conclusion)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse identifies Dattātreya with the cosmic teacher-principle (Viṣṇu/Ananta), suggesting that guidance is not merely human instruction but a manifestation of the sustaining divine intelligence pervading all life.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Falls under vaṃśānucarita/ākhyāna-style praise concluding a narrative segment; it is theological framing rather than chronological manvantara data.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Carācara-guru’ points to the universe itself as pedagogy: the seeker learns from all phenomena when the Infinite (Ananta) is recognized as the inner instructor.