Shloka 36

Parāśara’s Counsel on बुद्धि (Discernment), Karma-Consequences, and Avoidance of Pāpānubandha Actions

Devanagari script

अनेन हि तपस्तप्तं बलार्थममराधिप । षष्टिं वर्षमहस््राणि ब्रह्मा चास्मै वरं ददौ,अमरेश्वर! इस वृत्रासुरने बलकी प्राप्तिके लिये ही साठ हजार वर्षोतक तप किया था और तब ब्रह्माजीने इसे मनोवाञ्छित वर दिया था

Transliteration

anena hi tapas taptaṃ balārtham amarādhipa | ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣa-sahasrāṇi brahmā cāsmai varaṃ dadau ||

Translation

Maheshvara said: “O lord of the immortals, it was by this very austerity that he performed penance for the sake of strength. For sixty thousand years he practiced tapas, and then Brahmā granted him the boon he desired.”

Word by Word

• अनेन: by this (means)
• अनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• तपः: austerity/penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तप्तम्: performed (lit. heated)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बलार्थम्: for the sake of strength
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अमराधिप: O lord of the immortals
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• षष्टिम्: sixty
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वर्ष: years
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अस्मै: to him
• अस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ददौ: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

महेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Maheshvara (Śiva)
• Amarādhipa (Indra)
• Brahmā
• Vṛtrāsura (implied by the accompanying Hindi gloss)