Shloka 115

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

Devanagari script

अथ रुद्रविघातार्थमिषीकां नर उद्धरन्‌

Transliteration

atha rudra-vighātārtham iṣīkāṃ nara uddharan

Translation

അപ്പോൾ രുദ്രന്റെ തടസ്സം നീക്കുവാൻ ആ മനുഷ്യൻ ഒരു ഞാങ്ങണ (reed) പിഴുതെടുത്തു।

Word by Word

• अथ: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• रुद्रविघातार्थम्: for the purpose of obstructing Rudra
• रुद्रविघातार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र-विघात-अर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• इषीकाम्: a reed/stalk
• इषीकाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इषीका
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• नरः: the man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उद्धरन्: lifting up / taking out
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√हृ
• Form: Present active participle (Parasmaipada), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

तामिन्द्र उवाच गच्छ नहुषस्त्वया वाच्योथ<पूर्वेण मामृषियुक्तेन यानेन त्वमधिरूढ

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• nara (a man)
• iṣīkā (reed/stalk)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when confronted by forces beyond ordinary human control, one should respond with alertness and purposeful action; resolve and right intention are shown through immediate, practical effort rather than panic.

What is happening in the narrative?

A man perceives a hindrance associated with Rudra and, to counter it, uproots a reed—an improvised implement—signaling readiness to meet the obstruction and proceed.