Shloka 37

Satyavrata, Vasiṣṭha, and the Crisis of Dharma: Protection, Anger, and Vow-Discipline

Devanagari script

तस्मिंल्लग्ने च बलिनि सर्वथा मुनिसत्तम । व्यजायत महाबाहुस्सगरो नाम पार्थिवः

Transliteration

tasmiṃllagne ca balini sarvathā munisattama | vyajāyata mahābāhussagaro nāma pārthivaḥ

Translation

O best of sages, at that very auspicious and potent ascendant, there was born a mighty-armed king named Sagara.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• लग्ने: at the ascendant
• लग्ने: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लग्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• बलिनि: strong (powerful)
• बलिनि: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying लग्ने)

• सर्वथा: entirely/in every way
• सर्वथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वथा (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in every way)

• मुनि-सत्तम: O best of sages
• मुनि-सत्तम: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (best among sages)

• वि-अजायत: was born
• वि-अजायत: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; उपसर्ग: वि-

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed one
• महाबाहुः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (one whose arms are great)

• सगरः: Sagara
• सगरः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; महाबाहुः इत्यस्य समानाधिकरणम्

• नाम: by name
• नाम: सम्बन्ध (Appositive marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नामार्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable indicating name)

• पार्थिवः: the king
• पार्थिवः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेष्य/उपपद (king)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadyojāta

Shakti Dimension

Role: creative

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Birth at a powerful lagna (balin) following the noted exalted-planet configuration.

Characters & Entities

• Sagara

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It highlights how an auspicious, divinely-supported time (lagna) ripens karma, allowing a dharmic ruler to be born—implying that grace and destiny unfold within cosmic order under Pati (Shiva).

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

Though the verse is genealogical, it supports the Purana’s Saguna framework: Shiva’s governance of time and fate is experienced through manifest order, in which righteous kings arise to protect dharma and enable Shiva-worship in society.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to begin Shiva-japa (especially the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) at an auspicious time with steadiness, recognizing time (kāla) as Shiva’s power and aligning intention with dharma.