Shloka 22

Śatrughna’s Entry into Ahicchatrā

Temptation of Sumada and the Goddess’s Boon

Devanagari script

तुष्टाव भक्त्युत्कलितचित्तवृत्तिर्महामतिः । गद्गदस्वरसंयुक्तः कंटकांगोपशोभितः

Transliteration

tuṣṭāva bhaktyutkalitacittavṛttirmahāmatiḥ | gadgadasvarasaṃyuktaḥ kaṃṭakāṃgopaśobhitaḥ

Translation

भक्तीने उन्नत झालेल्या चित्तवृत्तीचा तो महामती स्तुती करू लागला; त्याचा स्वर गद्गद झाला आणि रोमांचाने देह शोभून दिसला।

Word by Word

• tuṣṭāva: praised
• tuṣṭāva: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √stu (स्तु धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada; 'praised'

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• utkalita-citta-vṛttiḥ: whose mind-state was uplifted
• utkalita-citta-vṛttiḥ: Karta (कर्ता) (appositional qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ut-kalita (कृदन्त, √kal/कल्) + citta (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛtti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); compound used as epithet: 'one whose mental disposition is uplifted/overflowing'

• mahā-matiḥ: the great-minded one
• mahā-matiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) + mati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); 'great-minded' (epithet of subject)

• gadgada-svara-saṃyuktaḥ: endowed with a faltering voice
• gadgada-svara-saṃyuktaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gadgada (प्रातिपदिक/विशेषण) + svara (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (कृदन्त, √yuj/युज्)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); past passive participle (क्त) 'saṃyukta' = 'endowed with'; qualifies subject

• kaṇṭaka-aṅga-upaśobhitaḥ: with limbs adorned by goosebumps
• kaṇṭaka-aṅga-upaśobhitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kaṇṭaka (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + upa-śobhita (कृदन्त, √śubh/शुभ्)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); past passive participle (क्त); 'having limbs beautified/marked by horripilation (goosebumps)'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; the verse describes a devotee/sage praising in bhakti-ecstasy)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: bhaktyā utkalita- → bhaktyutkalita-; citta-vṛttiḥ mahāmatiḥ → cittavṛttirmahāmatiḥ; kaṇṭaka-aṅga-upaśobhitaḥ → kaṃṭakāṃgopaśobhitaḥ

FAQs

What devotional state is described in this verse?

It describes bhakti-ecstasy: the mind absorbed in devotion, a voice choked with emotion (gadgada), and bodily horripilation (kaṇṭakāṅga/romaharṣa), classic signs of intense devotional experience.

How does this verse emphasize the path of Bhakti?

By portraying devotion as transformative and embodied—devotion is not merely intellectual praise, but a heartfelt state that moves speech and even the body.

What ethical or spiritual lesson can be drawn from this description?

Sincere praise and remembrance of the divine should arise from an inner uplift of mind and feeling; authentic devotion is marked by humility and heartfelt absorption rather than mere outward recitation.