Shloka 51
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
Devanagari script
एवमुकक्त्वा तु भगवान् वरेण्यो वृषवाहन: । महेश्वरो महाराज कृत्तिवासा महाद्युति:
Transliteration
evam uktvā tu bhagavān vareṇyo vṛṣavāhanaḥ | maheśvaro mahārāja kṛttivāsā mahādyutiḥ ||
Translation
Having spoken thus, the blessed and most excellent Lord—Maheshvara, the great king, the bull-bannered one, clad in a hide, and radiant with great splendor—then proceeded onward.
Word by Word
एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
उक्त्वाhaving said
उक्त्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
भगवान्the Blessed Lord
भगवान्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
वरेण्यःmost excellent, worthy of choice
वरेण्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवरेण्य
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
वृषवाहनःhe whose vehicle is the bull
वृषवाहनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवृषवाहन
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
महेश्वरःthe Great Lord (Maheshvara)
महेश्वरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहेश्वर
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
कृत्तिवासाthe wearer of a hide (Krittivasa)
कृत्तिवासा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकृत्तिवास
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
महाद्युतिःof great splendor
महाद्युतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहाद्युति
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
Speaker
माण्डव्य उवाच
Characters & Entities
म
माण्डव्य (Māṇḍavya)म
महेश्वर (Maheśvara / Śiva)व
वृष (bull as Shiva’s emblem/vehicle)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes