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Shloka 60

Prahlāda Rejects Material Boons; Forgives His Father; Tripura and the Power of Remembrance

सिद्धामृतरसस्पृष्टा वज्रसारा महौजस: । उत्तस्थुर्मेघदलना वैद्युता इव वह्नय: ॥ ६० ॥

siddhāmṛta-rasa-spṛṣṭā vajra-sārā mahaujasaḥ uttasthur megha-dalanā vaidyutā iva vahnayaḥ

सिद्ध अमृतरसाच्या स्पर्शाने त्यांची देहे वज्रासारखी अजेय व महातेजस्वी झाली. मेघ फाडणाऱ्या विजेसारखे ते पुन्हा उभे राहिले।

siddha-amṛta-rasa-spṛṣṭāḥtouched by the nectar-essence of the Siddhas
siddha-amṛta-rasa-spṛṣṭāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsiddha (प्रातिपदिक) + amṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + rasa (प्रातिपदिक) + √spṛś (धातु)
Formकृदन्त: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘touched’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समासः (सिद्धानां अमृतस्य रसः तेन स्पृष्टाः)
vajra-sārāḥadamantine/with thunderbolt-like essence
vajra-sārāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootvajra (प्रातिपदिक) + sāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (वज्रवत् सारः येषाम्)
mahā-ojasaḥof great vigor
mahā-ojasaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + ojas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (महद् ओजः येषाम्)
uttasthuḥrose up
uttasthuḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootut-√sthā (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect/परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; उपसर्ग: उत्
megha-dalanāḥcloud-splitting
megha-dalanāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootmegha (प्रातिपदिक) + dalana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (मेघानां दलनाः)
vaidyutāḥlike lightning/electric
vaidyutāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootvaidyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
ivalike
iva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
Formउपमान-वाचक अव्यय (comparative particle)
vahnayaḥfires
vahnayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvahni (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
P
Prahlāda
L
Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva

FAQs

In this verse it indicates a nectarean, perfected spiritual essence that empowers and revitalizes exalted beings, making them rise with renewed divine potency.

Śukadeva Gosvāmī narrates to Mahārāja Parīkṣit, describing the extraordinary, energized response of powerful beings in the aftermath of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva’s līlā and Prahlāda’s devotional presence.

It teaches that contact with genuine spiritual nectar—bhakti, holy name, and saintly association—can awaken inner strength and clarity, like fire sparked by lightning.