Shloka 14

आदित्यहृदयम्

Aditya Hridayam Upadeśa — Agastya’s Instruction to Rāma

Devanagari script

आतपीमण्डलेमृत्युःपिङ्गलस्सर्वतापनः ।कविर्विश्वोमहातेजारक्तस्सर्वभवोद्भव: ।।6.107.14।।

Transliteration

ātapī maṇḍale mṛtyuḥ piṅgalaḥ sarvatāpanaḥ |

kavir viśvo mahātejā raktaḥ sarvabhavodbhavaḥ || 6.107.14 ||

Translation

You are the blazing one with the circle of rays; death to foes; tawny-hued, all-scorching; the seer-poet, the all-pervading one of great splendor; the beloved, and the source from which all becoming arises.

Word by Word

• आतपी: hot; radiant
• आतपी: Visheshana (विशेषण/adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आतपिन्/आतपी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (possessing heat)

• मण्डले: in the circle/orb (of rays)
• मण्डले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• मृत्युः: death; slayer
• मृत्युः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पिङ्गलः: tawny; reddish-brown
• पिङ्गलः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पिङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• सर्वतापनः: scorcher of all
• सर्वतापनः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तापन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां तापनः)

• कविः: seer; poet; wise one
• कविः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विश्वः: all-pervading; universal
• विश्वः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• महातेजाः: of great splendor
• महातेजाः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महत् तेजः यस्य/महत्तेजाः)

• रक्तः: red; ardently attached
• रक्तः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (lit. red; also ‘attached/devoted’)

• सर्वभवोद्भवः: source of all beings/originations
• सर्वभवोद्भवः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + भव + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां भवानां उद्भवः)

Context

"You are the possessor of heat, adorned with a circle of rays. You are killer of all enemies, tawny destroyer of all, omniscient, lover of all devotees and source of all evolutes.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Āditya)

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

It presents righteous power as both protective and punitive: dharma can be gentle to devotees yet ‘death’ to destructive forces opposing truth.

What is the narrative situation?

Agastya intensifies the hymn’s tone, portraying Sūrya as universal source and irresistible force supporting Rāma’s righteous battle.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Tejas with restraint: the capacity to wield power in service of justice rather than ego.