Shloka 29

Guṇa-vibhāga and Prāṇa–Agni–Yoga Upadeśa (गुणविभाग तथा प्राण-अग्नि-योगोपदेश)

Devanagari script

यस्तं महासुरं रौद्रं वधिष्यति महीपति: । तेजस्तं वैष्णवमिति प्रवेक्ष्यति दुरासदम्‌,भूपाल! भगवान्‌ विष्णु अपने तेजसे आपके तेजको बढ़ायेंगे। उन्होंने पूर्वकालमें मुझे यह वर दिया था कि जो राजा उस भयानक एवं महान्‌ असुरका वध करनेको उद्यत होगा, उस दुर्धर्ष वीरके भीतर मेरा वैष्णव तेज प्रवेश करेगा

Transliteration

yaḥ taṁ mahāsuraṁ raudraṁ vadhiṣyati mahīpatiḥ | tejas taṁ vaiṣṇavam iti pravekṣyati durāsadam, bhūpāla |

Translation

Uttanka dijo: «El rey que mate a ese gran asura, feroz y terrible —oh soberano de la tierra—, en ese héroe inaccesible entrará el esplendor vaiṣṇava. Por el poder del Señor Viṣṇu, tu fuerza se verá acrecentada. En tiempos antiguos me concedió esta gracia: quien, siendo rey, se alce para destruir a ese demonio aterrador y poderoso, en ese guerrero formidable entrará mi energía vaiṣṇava».

Word by Word

• {'yaḥ': 'who (relative pronoun)', 'tam': 'that (him/that one

• accusative)', 'mahāsuram': 'great asura/demon', 'raudram': 'fierce, dreadful, terrible', 'vadhiṣyati': 'will kill, will slay', 'mahīpatiḥ': 'lord of the earth

• king', 'tejaḥ': 'splendor, spiritual power, radiance, might', 'vaiṣṇavam': 'belonging to Viṣṇu

• Vaiṣṇava (divine) power', 'iti': 'thus

• indicating the quoted characterization', 'pravekṣyati': 'will enter (into), will pervade', 'durāsadam': 'hard to assail

• unconquerable, formidable', 'bhūpāla': 'protector of the earth

Speaker

उत्तड़क उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Uttanka (उत्तङ्क/उत्तड़क)
• Viṣṇu (विष्णु)
• mahāsura (a great asura/demon)
• mahīpati/bhūpāla (the king addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When a ruler undertakes a righteous task—removing a terrifying force of adharma—divine support (Vaiṣṇava tejas) strengthens human effort. The verse frames kingship as protective duty, empowered by grace when aligned with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Uttanka addresses a king and declares a boon received earlier from Lord Viṣṇu: whichever king resolves to kill the dreadful great asura will have Viṣṇu’s splendor enter him, making him formidable and increasing his power for the deed.