Shloka 11

Agastya’s Encounter with Ilvala and Vātāpi; Dāna, Progeny, and the Renown of Agastya-Āśrama

Devanagari script

गड्जाद्वारमथागम्य भगवानृषिसत्तम: | उग्रमातिष्ठत तप: सह पत्न्यानुकूलया,तदनन्तर मुनिश्रेष्ठ भगवान्‌ अगस्त्य अपनी अनुकूल पत्नीके साथ गंगाद्वार (हरिद्वार)- में आकर घोर तपस्यामें संलग्न हो गये

Transliteration

gaṅgādvāram athāgamya bhagavān ṛṣisattamaḥ | ugram ātiṣṭhata tapaḥ saha patnyānukūlayā ||

Translation

তাৰ পিছত ঋষিশ্ৰেষ্ঠ ভগৱান অগস্ত্য অনুকূলা পত্নীৰ সৈতে গঙ্গাদ্বাৰ (হৰিদ্বাৰ)লৈ আহি ঘোৰ তপস্যাত লীন হ’ল।

Word by Word

गङ्गाद्वारम्to Gangadvara (Haridwar)

अथthen

आगम्यhaving come/arrived

भगवान्the venerable/lordly

ऋषिसत्तमःthe best of sages

उग्रम्severe, intense

आतिष्ठतundertook/entered upon

तपःausterity, penance

सहtogether with

पत्नीwith (his) wife

अनुकूलयाagreeable, supportive

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Agastya (implied by the prose gloss)

Agastya's wife (Lopāmudrā, implied)

Gaṅgādvāra (Haridwar)

Gaṅgā (implied by place-name)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights tapas (disciplined austerity) as a dharmic practice and suggests that spiritual striving is aided by concord and supportive partnership—ethical steadiness joined with relational harmony.

What is happening in the narrative?

A foremost sage arrives at Gaṅgādvāra (Haridwar) and begins intense austerities there, accompanied by his wife who is described as favorable/supportive.