Shloka 14

Devanagari script

इत्य् उक्तः सकलं मात्रे कथयाम् आस तद् यथा सुरुचिः प्राह भूपालप्रत्यक्षम् अतिगर्विता

Transliteration

ity uktaḥ sakalaṃ mātre kathayām āsa tad yathā suruciḥ prāha bhūpālapratyakṣam atigarvitā

Translation

Thus addressed, he told his mother everything—exactly as Suruci, swollen with pride, had spoken openly in the very presence of the king.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/उक्त्यर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-निपात (quotative particle)

• उक्तः: having been addressed
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थः ‘having been spoken to’

• सकलम्: everything, wholly
• सकलम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; (क्रियाविशेषणवत्)

• मात्रे: to (his) mother
• मात्रे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन

• कथयाम्: told
• कथयाम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु, णिजन्त)
• Form: लिट् (परिप्रास/परफेक्ट-प्रयोगः), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘कथयाम् आस’ इति परिप्रास-भूतार्थः

• आस: was (auxiliary)
• आस: Kriya (Auxiliary/सहायक-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; सहायक-क्रिया (periphrastic perfect auxiliary)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यथा: as (follows)
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘as, how’)

• सुरुचिः: Suruci
• सुरुचिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• प्राह: said
• प्राह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आह्/अह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भूपालप्रत्यक्षम्: in the king's presence
• भूपालप्रत्यक्षम्: Adhikarana (Circumstance/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूपाल (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रत्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (भूपालस्य प्रत्यक्षम्)

• अतिगर्विता: very proud
• अतिगर्विता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + गर्वित (प्रातिपदिक; गर्व् धातोः क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Dhruva reports Suruci's insult to Sunīti

Teaching: Historical

Quality: authoritative

Characters & Entities

• Suruci
• The King (Uttānapāda, implied)
• The boy (Dhruva, implied)
• Mother (Sunīti, implied)

FAQs

What is the significance of Suruci’s pride in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse highlights how arrogance in a royal setting becomes the immediate cause for Dhruva’s turning inward—setting the stage for his later unwavering devotion and the restoration of dharmic order through divine grace.

How does Sage Parāśara present the narrative turning point here?

Parāśara marks the pivot by showing the child reporting the entire incident to his mother exactly as it occurred, emphasizing eyewitness reality (“in the king’s presence”) and making the moral tension undeniable.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Though Vishnu is not named in this verse, the episode it advances culminates in Dhruva’s Vishnu-centered tapas—illustrating Vaishnava teaching that the Supreme Lord upholds cosmic and social order by responding to steadfast devotion.