Shloka 11131

Atithi-satkāra and the Consolation of Wise Counsel (अतिथिसत्कारः प्रज्ञानवचनस्य च पराश्वासनम्)

Devanagari script

वेगेन महता पार्थ पतन्नारायणोरसि

Transliteration

vegena mahatā pārtha patannārāyaṇorasi

Translation

ഹേ പാർഥാ! അവൻ മഹാവേഗത്തോടെ പതിച്ച് നാരായണന്റെ വക്ഷസ്ഥലത്തിൽ വീണു.

Word by Word

• वेगेन: with speed, by (a) velocity
• वेगेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• महता: great, mighty
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पार्थ: O Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पतन्: falling, rushing (down)
• पतन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नारायण: of Narayana
• नारायण: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• उरसि: on (the) chest/breast
• उरसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

तामिन्द्र उवाच गच्छ नहुषस्त्वया वाच्योथ<पूर्वेण मामृषियुक्तेन यानेन त्वमधिरूढ

Characters & Entities

• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Nārāyaṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unchecked force and haste, even when impressive, meet their limit before the supreme principle (Nārāyaṇa). The verse implicitly commends restraint and right understanding over mere momentum and power.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker addresses Arjuna (“Pārtha”) and describes someone plunging with great speed onto Nārāyaṇa’s chest—an image of sudden impact that conveys both dramatic action and the humbling of a force before the divine.