Shloka 2

Kāleya-Āśrama-Vināśaḥ — The Kāleyas’ nocturnal raids and the devas’ supplication to Nārāyaṇa

Devanagari script

लोगमश उवाच शृणु राजन्‌ कथां दिव्यामद्भुतामतिमानुषीम्‌ । अगस्त्यस्य महाराज प्रभावममितौजस:,लोमशजीने कहा--महाराज! अमिततेजस्वी महर्षि अगस्त्यकी कथा दिव्य, अद्भुत और अलौकिक है। उनका प्रभाव महान्‌ है। मैं उसका वर्णन करता हूँ, सुनो

Transliteration

lomaśa uvāca: śṛṇu rājan kathāṁ divyām adbhutām atimānuṣīm | agastyasya mahārāja prabhāvam amitaujasāḥ ||

Translation

Lomaśa said: O King, listen to a divine tale—wondrous and beyond ordinary human measure. It concerns the mighty sage Agastya, O great king, whose splendor is immeasurable and whose power is profound; I shall recount his greatness—hear it.

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'śṛṇu', 'definition': 'listen

• hear (imperative)'}, {'term': 'rājan', 'definition': 'O king (vocative)'}, {'term': 'kathā', 'definition': 'story

• account'}, {'term': 'divyā', 'definition': 'divine

• sacred'}, {'term': 'adbhutā', 'definition': 'marvelous

• wondrous'}, {'term': 'atimānuṣī', 'definition': 'superhuman

• beyond human capacity'}, {'term': 'agastya', 'definition': 'Agastya (name of a great ṛṣi)'}, {'term': 'prabhāva', 'definition': 'power

• extraordinary efficacy'}, {'term': 'amitaujas', 'definition': 'of immeasurable vigor/splendor (amita = immeasurable, ojas = energy, brilliance)'}, {'term': 'mahārāja', 'definition': 'O great king'}]

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lomaśa
• Agastya
• the King (addressed as rājan/mahārāja)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames sacred history as morally and spiritually instructive: one should listen with attention to accounts of great sages, whose immeasurable inner power (ojas) and influence (prabhāva) exemplify the fruits of tapas, restraint, and dharmic living.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lomaśa addresses the king and introduces the next episode: he is about to narrate an extraordinary, divine account describing the greatness and remarkable power of the sage Agastya.