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Shloka 323

Bhāgīratha’s Tapas and the Petition to Gaṅgā (गङ्गावतरण-प्रसङ्गः)

ददाह सुमहातेजा मन्दबुद्धीन्‌ स सागरान्‌ | मुनिप्रवर कपिल वे ही भगवान्‌ विष्णु हैं जिन्हें वासुदेव कहते हैं। उन महातेजस्वीने विकराल आँखें करके अपना तेज उनपर छोड़ दिया और मन्दबुद्धि सगरपुत्रोंकी जला दिया

dadāha sumahātejā mandabuddhīn sa sāgarān | munipravaraḥ kapilo vai bhagavān viṣṇur yaṃ vāsudeva iti vadanti | sa mahātejāḥ vikarālān netrān kṛtvā svatejas tān prati mumoca, mandabuddhīn sagaraputrān dadāha |

Dijo Lomaśa: El sabio Kapila, de resplandor inmenso—el primero entre los ascetas, e identificado con el Señor Viṣṇu, a quien los hombres llaman Vāsudeva—clavó en ellos una mirada terrible y desató sobre ellos el fulgor ígneo de su poder. Así redujo a cenizas a los hijos de Sagara, de entendimiento torpe.

ददाहburned, consumed by fire
ददाह:
TypeVerb
Rootदह्
Formलिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
सुमहातेजाःthe very great-lustrous one
सुमहातेजाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुमहातेजस्
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
मन्दबुद्धीन्dull-witted (ones)
मन्दबुद्धीन्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमन्दबुद्धि
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
he
:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
सागरान्the Sagaras (sons of Sagara) / oceans (context-dependent)
सागरान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसागर
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

लोगश उवाच

L
Lomasha
K
Kapila
V
Vishnu
V
Vasudeva
S
Sagara
S
Sagara's sons (Sagaraputras)

Educational Q&A

Reckless pride and violence directed at a realized sage (or dharma itself) rebounds disastrously; spiritual power (tejas) is not merely physical force but a moral-cosmic potency that enforces consequences when dharma is violated.

Lomasha recounts how the sage Kapila—identified here with Viṣṇu/Vāsudeva—turns a fierce gaze and releases his radiance, burning the sons of King Sagara, who are portrayed as acting with poor judgment.