Shloka 176

The Five Great Sacrifices: Supremacy of Honoring Parents, Pativrata Dharma, Truthfulness, and Śrāddha

Devanagari script

प्रणम्य दंडवद्विप्र उवाच पुनरच्युतम् । अद्य मे सफलं जन्म अद्य मे चक्षुषी शिवे

Transliteration

praṇamya daṃḍavadvipra uvāca punaracyutam | adya me saphalaṃ janma adya me cakṣuṣī śive

Translation

杖のごとく五体投地して、婆羅門は再びアチュタに告げた。「今日、わが生は実を結びました。今日、吉祥なる御方よ、わが両眼は祝福されました。」

Word by Word

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: पूर्वकाल (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√nam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय-भाव (gerund), ‘having bowed’

• दण्डवत्: prostrately
• दण्डवत्: क्रियाविशेषण (रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: daṇḍavat (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; manner-adverb ‘like a staff’ (prostrate)

• विप्रः: the brāhmaṇa
• विप्रः: कर्ता (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: क्रिया (आख्यात)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: क्रियाविशेषण (काल/पुनरावृत्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb ‘again’

• अच्युतम्: Acyuta (Viṣṇu)
• अच्युतम्: कर्म (उद्देश्य/सम्बोधन-गम्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: acyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; संबोधित-गम्य (object of speech)

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: कालाधिकरण (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; temporal adverb ‘today/now’

• मे: my
• मे: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन; enclitic genitive ‘of me/my’

• सफलम्: fruitful
• सफलम्: कर्तृपूरक (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saphala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; predicate adjective with जन्म

• जन्म: birth (life)
• जन्म: कर्ता (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: कालाधिकरण (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; temporal adverb

• मे: my
• मे: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन; ‘my’

• चक्षुषी: (my) two eyes
• चक्षुषी: कर्ता (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakṣus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; ‘two eyes’

• शिवे: auspicious
• शिवे: कर्तृपूरक (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; adjective agreeing with चक्षुषी (‘auspicious’)

Speaker

vipra (a brāhmaṇa devotee/supplicant)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shringara

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: दंडवद्विप्र = दण्डवत् विप्रः (त् + व → द्व). पुनरच्युतम् = पुनः अच्युतम् (ः + अ → र).

Characters & Entities

• Acyuta (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What devotional mood is expressed in this verse?

It expresses bhakti born from darśana—after seeing the Lord (Acyuta), the speaker declares his life and birth to be fulfilled.

What is the significance of “daṇḍavat” here?

Daṇḍavat-praṇāma is full prostration, signaling complete humility and surrender before the deity or revered person.

Why does the speaker say “today my eyes are blessed”?

In Purāṇic devotional language, seeing the Lord is considered the highest sanctification of the senses; the eyes are ‘fulfilled’ by divine vision.