Shloka 16

आरण्यकपर्वणि अध्यायः २१६ — इन्द्र-स्कन्द-संमुखता वज्रप्रहारश्च

Indra approaches Skanda; vajra strike and the arising of Viśākha

Devanagari script

पतमानोउद्य नरके भवतास्मि समुद्धृतः । भवितव्यमथैवं च यद्‌ दृष्टोईसि मयानघ

Transliteration

patamāno ’dya narake bhavatāsmī samuddhṛtaḥ | bhavitavyam athaivaṁ ca yad dṛṣṭo ’si mayānagha ||

Translation

As I was falling today into hell, I have been lifted out by you. And now that I have beheld you, O sinless one, it is certain that things will unfold exactly as you have instructed.

Word by Word

• पतमानः: falling
• पतमानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु) → पतमान (शतृ-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उद्य: indeed/just then
• उद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्य (अव्यय)

• नरके: in hell
• नरके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक
• Form: पुं, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• भवता: by you
• भवता: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: पुं, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तम, एकवचन

• समुद्धृतः: lifted up/rescued
• समुद्धृतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+उद्+हृ (धातु) → समुद्धृत (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भवितव्यम्: it must happen / is bound to be
• भवितव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) → भवितव्य (तव्यत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)

• एवम्: thus/in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: नपुं, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दृष्टः: seen
• दृष्टः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• असि: you are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यम, एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: पुं/नपुं, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ
• Form: पुं, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• brāhmaṇa (speaker)
• anagha (addressed person, unnamed in this verse)
• naraka (hell)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Association with a blameless, dharmic guide and accepting their instruction is portrayed as spiritually rescuing—turning one away from a hellish downfall and toward a destined course aligned with right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

A brāhmaṇa declares that he was on the verge of falling into naraka but has been saved by the person he addresses as “anagha.” Having obtained this saving encounter (darśana), he expresses firm confidence that the future will proceed according to that person’s counsel.