Shloka 35

Brāhmaṇa-māhātmya: Tārkṣya’s instruction on tapas, satya, and svadharma

Chapter 182

Devanagari script

चक्षुषा यं प्रपश्यामि प्राणिनं पृथिवीपते । तस्य तेजो हराम्याशु तद्धि-दृष्टेबलं मम,राजन! उन दिनों मैं जिस प्राणीकी ओर आँख उठाकर देखता था, उसका तेज तत्काल हर लेता था। यह थी मेरी दृष्टिकी शक्ति

Transliteration

cakṣuṣā yaṁ prapaśyāmi prāṇinaṁ pṛthivīpate | tasya tejo harāmy āśu tad dhi dṛṣṭabalaṁ mama, rājan |

Translation

The serpent said: “O lord of the earth, whichever living being I looked upon with my eyes, I would swiftly seize away that creature’s radiance and vital splendor. Such, O king, was the power inherent in my gaze.”

Word by Word

चक्षुषाwith (my) eye

यम्whom/which

प्रपश्यामिI see, behold

प्राणिनम्a living being

पृथिवीपतेO lord of the earth

तस्यof him/that

तेजःsplendor, energy

हरामिI take away

आशुquickly, at once

तत्that

हिindeed, for

दृष्टबलम्power of sight

ममmy

राजन्O king

Speaker

सर्प उवाच

Characters & Entities

स

सर्प (the serpent/nāga speaker)

र

राजन् / पृथिवीपतिः (the king addressed)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes