Shloka 40

Jarītā–Śārṅgā-saṃvāda: Ākhu-haraṇa and the Approach of Agni (आखुहरणं अग्न्यागमनश्च)

Devanagari script

त॑ तथा नृपशार्दूलं तप्यमानं महत्‌ तप: । शंकर: परमप्रीत्या दर्शयामास भारत,भारत! उन नृपश्रेष्ठको इस प्रकार भारी तपस्या करते देख भगवान्‌ शंकरने अत्यन्त प्रसन्न होकर उन्हें दर्शन दिया

Transliteration

taṁ tathā nṛpaśārdūlaṁ tapyamānaṁ mahat tapaḥ | śaṅkaraḥ paramaprītyā darśayāmāsa bhārata ||

Translation

Seeing that tiger among kings engaged in such intense austerity, Lord Śaṅkara, greatly pleased, granted him his divine appearance—O Bhārata.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• नृपशार्दूलम्: the tiger among kings (best king)
• नृपशार्दूलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपशार्दूल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तप्यमानम्: being tormented / performing austerity (being engaged in tapas)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्
• Form: Present passive participle (शानच्), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महत्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तपः: austerity, penance
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शंकरः: Shankara (Śiva)
• शंकरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परमप्रीत्या: with supreme delight
• परमप्रीत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमप्रीति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• दर्शयामास: showed, granted a vision (appeared)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: लिट् (periphrastic perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaishampayana
• Shankara (Shiva)
• nṛpaśārdūla (the king being addressed)
• Bharata (addressee/lineage epithet)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Disciplined austerity (tapas), when pursued with steadfastness, is portrayed as capable of drawing divine grace; the deity responds not to status alone but to sincere spiritual effort.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that a great king, described as a ‘tiger among kings,’ is performing severe tapas; seeing this, Śaṅkara becomes highly pleased and grants the king a direct vision (darśana).