Shloka 36

Devanagari script

तमुत्पथेन धावन्तमन्वधावं द्विजोत्तमम्‌ तथैव पायसादिग्ध: प्रसीद भगवज्निति

Transliteration

tam utpathena dhāvantam anvadhāvaṁ dvijottamam | tathaiva pāyasādigdhaḥ prasīda bhagavan iti ||

Translation

ວາຍຸກ່າວວ່າ: «ເມື່ອພຣະດວິຊະຜູ້ສູງສຸດນັ້ນ ວິ່ງໄປຕາມທາງນອກເສັ້ນທາງ ຂ້ອຍກໍ່ວິ່ງຕາມຫຼັງໄປເຊັ່ນດຽວກັນ—ທັງຮ່າງຂອງຂ້ອຍຖືກປ້າຍດ້ວຍເຂົ້າຫນົມນົມ (ພາຍະສະ)—ແລະຂ້ອຍຮ້ອງວ່າ ‘ໂອ ພຣະຜູ້ມີພອນ, ຂໍໃຫ້ເມດຕາ; ຂໍໃຫ້ສະຫງົບໂກດ!’»

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उत्पथेन: by an off-road/trackless way
• उत्पथेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• धावन्तम्: running
• धावन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: धाव्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अन्वधावम्: I ran after / I followed running
• अन्वधावम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-धाव्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• द्विजोत्तमम्: the best of the twice-born (brahmin)
• द्विजोत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजोत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: thus / in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पायसादिग्धः: smeared with payasa (rice-milk pudding)
• पायसादिग्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पायस-आदिग्ध
• Form: क्त (past passive participle of आ-√दिह्/दिग्ध 'smeared'), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रसीद: be pleased / be gracious
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-सीद्
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भगवन्: O Lord / O venerable one
• भगवन्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva (Wind-god)
• Dvijottama (foremost Brahmin/sage, i.e., Durvāsā in context)
• Pāyasa (rice-pudding)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a powerful being must respond to moral danger with humility: when a revered ascetic is offended, one should urgently seek reconciliation, acknowledging the gravity of disrespect and the need to pacify anger through sincere supplication.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu narrates that he chased after the foremost sage who was running off the path; Vāyu himself was smeared with rice-pudding and repeatedly begged, “O Lord, be pleased,” indicating a frantic attempt to appease the sage and avert the consequences of his wrath.