Shloka 25

पञ्चमहाभूतगुण-इन्द्रियनिग्रह-उपदेशः | Teaching on the Qualities of the Five Elements and Sense-Control

Devanagari script

उत्तड्ुक उवाच पर्याप्तो मे वरो होष यदहं दृष्टवान्‌ हरिम्‌

Transliteration

uṭaṅka uvāca paryāpto me varo hoṣa yad ahaṃ dṛṣṭavān harim

Translation

Uṭaṅka sagte: „O Hōṣa, die Gabe genügt mir, denn ich habe Hari geschaut.“ In sittlichem Ton erklärt er, das höchste „Geschenk“ sei die unmittelbare Schau des Göttlichen, sodass weitere weltliche Belohnungen entbehrlich werden.

Word by Word

• उत्तङ्कः: Uttanka
• उत्तङ्कः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तङ्क
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular

• पर्याप्तः: sufficient; fulfilled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर्याप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मे: of me; my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• वरः: boon
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवतु: let it be; may it be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperative (Lot), Third, Singular

• यत्: that (the fact that)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• दृष्टवान्: having seen; saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Past active participle (क्तवतु), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हरिम्: Hari (Vishnu/Krishna)
• हरिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

उत्तड्ुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Uṭaṅka
• Hoṣa
• Hari

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True fulfillment lies in the vision of the divine (Hari); once that highest aim is attained, additional boons or material rewards become secondary.

What is happening in the narrative?

Uṭaṅka addresses Hoṣa and declines further reward, stating that he is already satisfied because he has seen Hari.