Shloka 67

Śaraṇāgata-Atithi-Dharma in the Kapota Narrative (कपोत-आख्यानम्—शरणागतधर्मः)

Devanagari script

बलवन्तं करिष्यामि प्रणोत्स्याम्पशुभानि तु । तपोभिर्विद्यया चैव ज्योतींषीव महत्तम:,'जैसे सूर्य आदि ज्योतिर्मय ग्रह महान्‌ अन्धकारका नाश कर देते है, उसी प्रकार मैं पुनः तप और विद्याद्वारा जब अपने-आपको सबल कर लूँगा, तब सारे अशुभ कर्मोंका नाश कर डालूँगा'

Transliteration

balavantaṁ kariṣyāmi praṇotsyām apāśubhāni tu | tapobhir vidyayā caiva jyotīṁṣīva mahattamaḥ ||

Translation

「私は再び己を強くし、あらゆる不吉を追い払う。苦行と知によって悪しき業を滅ぼそう—太陽をはじめとする偉大な光明の天体が闇を払うように。」

Word by Word

बलवन्तम्strong, powerful (one/self)

करिष्यामिI shall make

प्रणोत्स्यामिI shall drive away / remove

अशुभानिinauspicious things/acts

तुbut, indeed

तपोभिःby austerities

विद्ययाby knowledge/learning

चand

एवindeed, just

ज्योतींषिlights, luminaries

इवlike, as

महत्तमःthe greatest (one)

Speaker

घपच उवाच

Characters & Entities

jyotīṁṣi (luminaries such as the sun)

andhakāra (darkness, implied by the simile)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Moral and spiritual renewal is possible through disciplined austerity (tapas) and clarifying knowledge (vidyā): when one strengthens oneself inwardly, inauspicious tendencies and harmful actions are dispelled, like darkness vanishing before great light.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker vows to regain inner strength and eliminate inauspiciousness by undertaking tapas and cultivating vidyā, using the image of the sun-like luminaries that naturally destroy darkness to express confidence in purification and reform.