Shloka 14

अर्जुनस्य लक्ष्यवेधः

Arjuna’s Hitting of the Target at the Svayaṃvara

Devanagari script

पितर ऊचु. और्व दृष्ट: प्रभावस्ते तपसोग्रस्य पुत्रक | प्रसादं कुरु लोकानां नियच्छ क्रोधमात्मन:

Transliteration

pitar ūcuḥ | aurva dṛṣṭaḥ prabhāvas te tapasograsya putraka | prasādaṃ kuru lokānāṃ niyaccha krodham ātmanaḥ ||

Translation

祖霊たちは言った。「アウルヴァよ、愛し子よ。汝の苛烈なる苦行より生じた力を、われらは見届けた。今こそ己が内なる怒りを抑え、あらゆる世界に恩寵を垂れよ。」

Word by Word

• पितरः: the Fathers/ancestors
• पितरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ऊचुः: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• और्व: O Aurva
• Type: Noun
• Root: और्व
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दृष्टः: seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभावः: power, might, effect
• प्रभावः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• तपसः: of austerity
• तपसः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• उग्रस्य: fierce, intense
• उग्रस्य: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रक: O dear son
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रक
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रसादम्: favor, grace, calmness
• प्रसादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कुरु: do; show; make
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds/people
• लोकानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• नियच्छ: restrain, hold back
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• क्रोधम्: anger
• क्रोधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आत्मनः: of yourself
• आत्मनः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (Ancestors)
• Aurva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Spiritual power gained through tapas should be governed by self-restraint; anger must be checked and transformed into benevolence for the welfare of all beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

The Pitṛs address the sage Aurva, acknowledging the formidable potency of his austerities and urging him to curb his wrath and extend grace to the worlds rather than unleash destructive anger.