Shloka 16

Devanagari script

तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा सर्वेषां मुनिपुङ्गव:।क्रोधसंरक्तनयन स्सरोषमिदमब्रवीत्।।1.59.16।।

Transliteration

teṣāṃ tad-vacanaṃ śrutvā sarveṣāṃ munipuṅgavaḥ | krodha-saṃrakta-nayanaḥ sa-roṣam idam abravīt || 1.59.16 ||

Translation

ເມື່ອໄດ້ຍິນຖ້ອຍຄຳຂອງພວກເຂົາທັງໝົດ ລິສີຜູ້ເປັນປະທານ—ດວງຕາແດງດ້ວຍໂທສະ—ຈຶ່ງກ່າວຄຳນີ້ດ້ວຍຄວາມເດືອດດານ.

Word by Word

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive/षष्ठी), Bahuvacana; sarvanāma

• tat-vacanam: those words
• tat-vacanam: Karma (कर्म/Object of śrutvā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक) + vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya (कर्मधारय; ‘that speech’), Napuṃsakaliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: Ktvā-pratyaya (Absolutive/क्त्वान्त), Pūrvakāla-kriyā

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive in apposition to teṣām)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive), Bahuvacana

• muni-puṅgavaḥ: foremost among sages
• muni-puṅgavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject of abravīt)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + puṅgava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष; munīnām puṅgavaḥ), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• krodha-saṃrakta-nayanaḥ: whose eyes were reddened with anger
• krodha-saṃrakta-nayanaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of muni-puṅgavaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃrakta (प्रातिपदिक) + nayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि; krodhena saṃrakte nayane yasya saḥ), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• saroṣam: angrily
• saroṣam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sa-roṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa-avyaya (Adverbial accusative/क्रियाविशेषण; ‘with anger’)

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (कर्म/Object of abravīt)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; sarvanāma

• abravīt: said
• abravīt: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (ब्रू धातु)
• Form: Luṅ-lakāra (Aorist/लुङ्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana, Parasmaipada

Context

"I am blameless. I have practised rigorous penance. These wicked ones who have abused (a sage like me) will be reduced to ashes.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Vasiṣṭha’s sons

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Even the great are tested by anger; dharma is endangered when one responds to insult with wrath rather than truth-grounded restraint.

What is the narrative situation?

After being denounced, Viśvāmitra prepares to reply, and the narration notes his anger as the prelude to a curse.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

The verse highlights the tension between ascetic power and self-control—showing how tapas without calm can turn destructive.