Shloka 177

रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti

Devanagari script

तण्डि: प्रोवाच शुक्राय गौतमाय च भार्गव: । वैवस्वताय मनवे गौतम: प्राह माधव,माधव! तण्डिने शुक्रको, शुक्रने गौतमको और गौतमने वैवस्वतमनुको इसका उपदेश दिया

Transliteration

taṇḍiḥ provāca śukrāya gautamāya ca bhārgavaḥ | vaivasvatāya manave gautamaḥ prāha mādhava mādhava |

Translation

Vāyu sprach: „Bhārgava lehrte diese Unterweisung Śukra und auch Gautama; und Gautama, o Mādhava, lehrte sie Vaivasvata Manu.“

Word by Word

• तण्डिः: Taṇḍi (a sage)
• तण्डिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तण्डि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रोवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शुक्राय: to Śukra
• शुक्राय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• गौतमाय: to Gautama
• गौतमाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भार्गवः: Bhārgava (a descendant of Bhṛgu)
• भार्गवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वैवस्वताय: to Vaivasvata
• वैवस्वताय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैवस्वत
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• मनवे: to Manu
• मनवे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• गौतमः: Gautama
• गौतमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राह: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• माधव: O Mādhava
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• माधव: O Mādhava
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Taṇḍi
• Bhārgava (Bhr̥gu-line sage)
• Śukra (Śukrācārya)
• Gautama
• Vaivasvata Manu
• Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the authority of dharma through an authenticated lineage: a teaching gains ethical weight when preserved and transmitted by recognized sages, ensuring continuity and reliability for guiding rulers and society.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu identifies the chain of teachers who passed on a particular instruction: Bhārgava taught Śukra and Gautama, and Gautama then taught Vaivasvata Manu, addressing Kṛṣṇa (Mādhava) as the listener.