Shloka 11

Adhyāya 168: Arjuna’s counters to māyā-rains and the onset of darkness

Nivātakavaca engagement

Devanagari script

भगुतुड़्मथो गत्वा काम्यकादास्थितस्तप: । एकरात्रोषित: कज्चिदपश्यं ब्राह्मणं पथि,काम्यक वनसे चलकर तपस्यामें पूरी आशा रखकर मैं भृगुतुंग पर्वतपर पहुँचा और वहाँ एक रात रहकर जब आगे बढ़ा, तब मार्गमें किसी ब्राह्मणदेवताका मुझे दर्शन हुआ

Transliteration

Bhṛgutungaṃ atho gatvā Kāmyakād āsthitas tapaḥ | ekarātroṣitaḥ kaścid apaśyaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ pathi ||

Translation

ಕಾಮ್ಯಕ ವನದಿಂದ ಹೊರಟು ತಪಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ದೃಢನಿಶ್ಚಯದಿಂದ ನಾನು ಭೃಗುತುಂಗ ಪರ್ವತಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋದೆ. ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ರಾತ್ರಿ ತಂಗಿ ಮುಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಸಾಗಿದಾಗ ದಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಒಬ್ಬ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣನನ್ನು ಕಂಡೆ.

Word by Word

भृगुतुङ्गम्to Bhṛgutunga (mountain)

अथthen

गत्वाhaving gone

काम्यकात्from Kāmyaka (forest)

आस्थितःhaving undertaken / having resorted to

तपःausterity, penance

एकरात्रोषितःhaving stayed for one night

कञ्चित्a certain

अपश्यम्I saw

ब्राह्मणम्a Brahmin

पथिon the road, on the path

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Bhṛgutunga (mountain)

Kāmyaka forest

a brāhmaṇa (brāhmaṇa-deva)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds tapas as a dharmic means of inner strengthening: Arjuna’s disciplined resolve and respectful attention to a brāhmaṇa signal that spiritual effort and reverence for learned virtue are integral to righteous conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna narrates his movement from the Kāmyaka forest to the Bhṛgutunga mountain to pursue austerities; after staying one night, he continues his journey and meets (sees) a brāhmaṇa on the road, setting up the next episode.