Shloka 25

Adhyāya 136: Yavakrī–Bharadvāja Saṃvāda and the Bāladhī–Dhanuṣākṣa Gāthā

Arrogance, Boons, and Nimitta

Devanagari script

त॑ तथा तप्यमानं तु तपस्तीव्रं महामुनिम्‌ । उपेत्य बलभिद्‌ देवो वारयामास वै पुन:,महामुनि यवक्रीतको इस प्रकार तपस्या करते देख इन्द्रने उनके पास जाकर पुनः मना किया और कहा--'मुने! तुमने ऐसे कार्यका आरम्भ किया है जिसकी सिद्धि होनी असम्भव है। तुम्हारा यह (द्विजमात्रके लिये बिना पढ़े वेदका ज्ञान होनेका) आयोजन बुद्धि-संगत नहीं है; किंतु केवल तुमको और तुम्हारे पिताको ही वेदोंका ज्ञान होगा”

Transliteration

taṁ tathā tapyamānaṁ tu tapas tīvraṁ mahāmunim | upetya balabhid devo vārayāmāsa vai punaḥ ||

Translation

Lomaśa said: Seeing that great sage engaged in such severe austerities, the god Indra—slayer of Bala—approached him and again tried to restrain him.

Word by Word

तत्that (one/thing)

तथाthus, in that manner

तप्यमानम्being engaged in austerity, doing penance

तुbut, indeed

तपःausterity, penance

तीव्रम्intense, severe

महामुनिम्the great sage

उपेत्यhaving approached

बलभित्the slayer of Bala (Indra)

देवःthe god (Indra)

वारयामासrestrained, forbade, tried to stop

वैindeed, surely

पुनःagain

Speaker

लोमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lomaśa

Indra (Balabhid)

Mahāmuni (the great sage; contextually Yavakrīta)

Sandhi Notes