Shloka 2

Adhyaya 19 — Kartavirya Arjuna at Dattatreya’s Ashram: Boons, Sovereignty, and Vaishnava Praise

Sanskrit

पादसंवाहनाद्येन मध्वाद्याहरणेन च ।

स्रक्चन्दनादिगन्धाम्बुफलाद्यनयनेन च ॥

Transliteration

pādasaṃvāhanādyena madhv-ādyāharaṇena ca / strakcandanādigaṅdhāmbu-phalādy-anayanena ca

Translation

By services such as massaging the feet, by bringing honey and other provisions, and by fetching garlands, sandalwood and fragrances, water, fruits, and the like—(he served him).

Word by Word

• पादसंवाहनाद्येन: by foot-massage and the like
• पादसंवाहनाद्येन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda-saṃvāhana-ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: पाद + संवाहन (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘massage of feet’) + आदि (ending with etc.); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• मधु-आदि-आहरणेन: by bringing honey and other (items)
• मधु-आदि-आहरणेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu-ādi-āharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: मधु + आदि + आहरण (तत्पुरुष ‘bringing honey etc.’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; conjunction

• स्रक्-चन्दन-आदि-गन्ध-अम्बु-फल-आदि-अनयनेन: by bringing garlands, sandal, perfumes, water, fruits, etc.
• स्रक्-चन्दन-आदि-गन्ध-अम्बु-फल-आदि-अनयनेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: srak-candana-ādi-gandha-ambu-phala-ādi-anayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (समाहार-द्वन्द्व/बहुपदसमास): स्रक् + चन्दन + आदि + गन्ध + अम्बु + फल + आदि (items) + अनयन (‘bringing’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; conjunction

Speakers

• Narrator

Primary Deities

• Dattātreya

Shakti Aspects

• Not explicit

Key Themes

• Hospitality
• Guru-sevā
• Dharma of honoring guests/sages
• Ritual offerings

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

True reverence is enacted through concrete service and thoughtful offerings; devotion is operationalized as care, not merely praise.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Not cosmological; it is dharma-illustrative narrative embedded within royal genealogy-style storytelling (vaṃśānucarita context).

What is the esoteric significance?

The listed offerings also map to purification of senses and ego: touch (feet service), taste (honey), smell (fragrance), sight (garlands), and sustenance (fruit/water)—a totalizing surrender of personal comfort to the guru-principle.