Shloka 16

Devanagari script

भास्कराय सुतीर्थाय देवदेवाय रंहसे । उष्णीषिणे सुवक्त्राय सहस्राक्षाय मीढुषे

Transliteration

bhāskarāya sutīrthāya devadevāya raṁhase | uṣṇīṣiṇe suvaktrāya sahasrākṣāya mīḍhuṣe

Translation

သံဝရ္တက ပြောသည်– «တောက်ပသော ဘ္ဟာသ္ကရသို့ ဦးညွှတ်ပါ၏။ အလွန်သန့်ရှင်းသော တီရ္ထ (ကူးကန်) သို့ ဦးညွှတ်ပါ၏။ နတ်တို့၏နတ်၊ အင်အားလျင်မြန်သော အရှင်သို့ ဦးညွှတ်ပါ၏။ မကွတ်ဆောင်း၍ မျက်နှာလှပသော အရှင်သို့ ဦးညွှတ်ပါ၏။ မျက်စိတစ်ထောင်ရှိ၍ ကရုဏာဖြင့် ကောင်းကြီးပေးသော အရှင်သို့ ဦးညွှတ်ပါ၏»။

Word by Word

• भास्कराय: to Bhāskara (the Sun; the radiant one)
• भास्कराय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सुतीर्थाय: to the one who is a good sacred ford/pilgrimage (or: to the excellent tīrtha)
• सुतीर्थाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुतीर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• देवदेवाय: to the god of gods
• देवदेवाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवदेव
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• रंहसे: to swiftness/impetuosity (as a divine attribute)
• रंहसे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रंहस्
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

• उष्णीषिणे: to the turbaned/diadem-wearing one
• उष्णीषिणे: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उष्णीषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सुवक्त्राय: to the fair-faced/eloquent one
• सुवक्त्राय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुवक्त्र
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सहस्राक्षाय: to the thousand-eyed one
• सहस्राक्षाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्राक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• मीढुषे: to the bountiful/giver (benefactor)
• मीढुषे: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मीढुष्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

संवर्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संवर्त (Saṁvarta)
• भास्कर (Bhāskara)
• देवदेव (Devadeva)
• सहस्राक्ष (Sahasrākṣa/Indra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models reverent invocation: approaching the divine through layered epithets—radiance, purity, sovereignty, swiftness, auspicious form, and generosity—suggesting that ethical action and success are grounded in humility and recognition of a higher beneficent power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Saṁvarta begins a stuti (hymn of praise), addressing a supreme deity with multiple honorific names. The verse functions as an opening salutation, setting a devotional and auspicious tone before the ensuing instruction or ritual context in the Ashvamedhika section.