Shloka 6

Dharma-vyādha on Parental Worship

Pitṛ-mātṛ-śuśrūṣā as Paramadaivata

Devanagari script

युधिषछ्िर उवाच क एष भगवन्‌ दैत्यो महावीर्यस्तपोधन

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | ka eṣa bhagavan daityo mahāvīryas tapodhana ||

Translation

യുധിഷ്ഠിരൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ഭഗവൻ, തപോധനാ! മഹാവീര്യമുള്ള ഈ ദൈത്യൻ ആരാണ്?

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कः: who?
• कः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• दैत्यः: demon (Daitya)
• दैत्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महावीर्यः: of great prowess
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महावीर्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तपोधन: O ascetic whose wealth is austerity
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिषछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Daitya (unnamed)
• Tapodhana (addressed sage, unnamed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models dharmic inquiry: a ruler approaches a sage with humility and precise questioning, showing that understanding power and its origins should be sought through respectful dialogue with the wise.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses an ascetic and asks to identify a formidable Daitya being discussed or encountered, setting up an explanatory account about that figure’s identity and significance.