Shloka 15

The Narrative of Suvrata: Tapas, Surrender-Prayer, and Cyclical Time

Devanagari script

वैडूर्यपर्वतश्रेष्ठे सिद्धेश्वरस्य सन्निधौ । एकीकृत्य मनश्चायं संयोज्य विष्णुना सह

Transliteration

vaiḍūryaparvataśreṣṭhe siddheśvarasya sannidhau | ekīkṛtya manaścāyaṃ saṃyojya viṣṇunā saha

Translation

বৈডূৰ্য পৰ্বতৰ শ্ৰেষ্ঠ শিখৰত, সিদ্ধেশ্বৰৰ সন্নিধানত, মন একাগ্ৰ কৰি তেওঁ বিষ্ণুৰ সৈতে যোগে একীভূত হ’ল।

Word by Word

• वैडूर्यपर्वतश्रेष्ठे: on the best of the Vaiḍūrya mountains
• वैडूर्यपर्वतश्रेष्ठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैडूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—वैडूर्यः पर्वतः, तस्मिन् श्रेष्ठे (locative of place)

• सिद्धेश्वरस्य: of Siddheśvara
• सिद्धेश्वरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; समासः—सिद्धानाम् ईश्वरः

• सन्निधौ: in the presence
• सन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• एकीकृत्य: having made (it) one
• एकीकृत्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: एकी-कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having unified/made one’

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘एकीकृत्य/संयोज्य’ इत्यस्य कर्म

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अयं: this (person)
• अयं: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• संयोज्य: having joined
• संयोज्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having joined/connected’

• विष्णुना: with Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (postposition/particle) तृतीया-सहयोगे

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (contextual narration within Bhūmi-khaṇḍa dialogue)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: mountain

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: मनश्चायं = मनः + च + अयं; (IAST ‘manaścāyaṃ’).

Characters & Entities

• Siddheśvara
• Viṣṇu
• Vaiḍūrya-parvata

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the geography of sacred tīrthas?

It locates a practice or realization at a specific sacred site—Vaiḍūrya mountain and Siddheśvara—showing how the Bhūmi-khaṇḍa ties spiritual attainment to pilgrimage landscapes.

How does this verse emphasize the path of Bhakti?

By describing union “together with Viṣṇu” achieved through one-pointedness of mind, it frames devotion and focused remembrance as the means to closeness with the Lord.

What is the ethical lesson from this dialogue?

Inner discipline is essential: spiritual progress is portrayed as requiring mental unification (ekāgratā) rather than distraction, suggesting sincerity and concentration in worship and practice.