Shloka 166

Slaying of Andhaka; Hymn to the Sun; Glory of Brahmins; Gayatri Nyasa and Pranayama

Devanagari script

पौष्णमेकादशं विद्धि मैत्रं द्वादशकं स्मृतं । त्वाष्ट्रं त्रयोदशं ज्ञेयं वासवं तु चतुर्दशं

Transliteration

pauṣṇamekādaśaṃ viddhi maitraṃ dvādaśakaṃ smṛtaṃ | tvāṣṭraṃ trayodaśaṃ jñeyaṃ vāsavaṃ tu caturdaśaṃ

Translation

Sabe que el undécimo es Pauṣṇa; el duodécimo se recuerda como Maitra. El decimotercero debe conocerse como Tvāṣṭra; y el decimocuarto, en verdad, como Vāsava.

Word by Word

• पौष्णम्: belonging to Pūṣan
• पौष्णम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पौष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; पूषन्-संबन्धि

• एकादशम्: eleventh
• एकादशम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक-समास (dvigu): एक + दश

• विद्धि: know (you)
• विद्धि: Kriya (क्रिया/Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मैत्रम्: belonging to Mitra
• मैत्रम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मैत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; मित्र/मित्र-देवता-संबन्धि

• द्वादशकम्: twelfth
• द्वादशकम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादशक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक-समास: द्वा + दशक (twelve)

• स्मृतम्: is remembered/said
• स्मृतम्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (is remembered/said)

• त्वाष्ट्रम्: belonging to Tvaṣṭṛ
• त्वाष्ट्रम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वाष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; त्वष्टृ-संबन्धि

• त्रयोदशम्: thirteenth
• त्रयोदशम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयोदश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक-समास: त्रयः + दश

• ज्ञेयम्: should be known
• ज्ञेयम्: Vidhi (विधि/Instruction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: कृत्य (Gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be known’

• वासवम्: belonging to Vāsava (Indra)
• वासवम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; वासव (=इन्द्र)-संबन्धि

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोध-अव्यय (particle)

• चतुर्दशम्: fourteenth
• चतुर्दशम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक-समास: चतुर् + दश

Speaker

Unspecified (context-dependent within Adhyaya 46)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: पौष्णमेकादशं = पौष्णम् + एकादशम्.

Characters & Entities

• Pūṣan
• Mitra
• Tvaṣṭṛ
• Vasava (Indra)

FAQs

What is this verse enumerating (eleventh to fourteenth)?

It assigns traditional deity-based names—Pauṣṇa, Maitra, Tvāṣṭra, and Vāsava—to the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th items in a larger ordered list described in the surrounding verses.

Who are Pūṣan, Mitra, Tvaṣṭṛ, and Vāsava in Vedic tradition?

They are Vedic divine figures: Pūṣan (protector/guide), Mitra (associated with friendship and contracts), Tvaṣṭṛ (divine artisan/creator), and Vāsava (a common epithet of Indra).

What is the practical takeaway for readers of the Padma Purana here?

The verse functions as a mnemonic-style mapping within a systematic Purāṇic catalog, showing how Purāṇas preserve Vedic nomenclature to classify and remember ordered sets.