Shloka 21
पञ्चमहाभूतगुण-इन्द्रियनिग्रह-उपदेशः | Teaching on the Qualities of the Five Elements and Sense-Control
Devanagari script
देवानां मानुषाणां च सर्वभूतसुखावह: । त्रिभिविक्रमणैर्देव त्रयो लोकास्त्वया हृता:,देव! आप देवताओं, मनुष्यों तथा सम्पूर्ण भूतोंको सुख पहुँचानेवाले हैं। आपने तीन पगोंद्वारा ही (बलिके हाथसे) तीनों लोक (दानद्वारा) हरण कर लिये थे
Transliteration
devānāṁ mānuṣāṇāṁ ca sarvabhūtasukhāvahaḥ | tribhir vikramaṇair deva trayo lokās tvayā hṛtāḥ ||
Translation
Uttanka said: “O god, you are the bringer of happiness to the gods, to human beings, and to all creatures. By merely three strides you once took away the three worlds—won from Bali through the act of giving—showing how divine power can uphold cosmic order without cruelty.”
Word by Word
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
मानुषाणाम्of humans
मानुषाणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमानुष
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
सर्वभूतसुखावहःbringing happiness to all beings
सर्वभूतसुखावहः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्वभूतसुखावह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
त्रिभिःwith three
त्रिभिः:
Karana
TypeNumeral/Adjective
Rootत्रि
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
विक्रमणैःwith strides/steps
विक्रमणैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootविक्रमण
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
देवO god
देव:
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
त्रयःthree
त्रयः:
Karma
TypeNumeral/Adjective
Rootत्रय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
लोकाःworlds
लोकाः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormInstrumental, Singular
हृताःwere taken/appropriated
हृताः:
TypeVerb
Rootहृ (√हृ)
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Passive (participial)
देवO god
देव:
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
उत्तडुक उवाच
Characters & Entities
U
Uttanka (Uttaṅka)D
Deva (Viṣṇu as Vāmana/Trivikrama)T
Three worlds (trayo lokāḥ)B
Bali (implied by the three strides episode)Sandhi Notes