Shloka 59

Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ

Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony

Devanagari script

सुदुःखान्‌ नियमांस्तांस्तान्‌ वहतः सुतपोधनान्‌ । पश्यन्‌ मुनीन्‌ बहुविधानू प्रवेष्टमुपचक्रमे

Transliteration

suduḥkhān niyamāṁs tāṁs tān vahataḥ sutapodhanān | paśyan munīn bahuvidhānū praveṣṭum upacakrame ||

Translation

ବାସୁଦେବ କହିଲେ—ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଦୁଃସାଧ୍ୟ ସେଇ ସେଇ ନିୟମଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ବହନ କରୁଥିବା, ତପ ଓ ଆଧ୍ୟାତ୍ମିକ ଧନରେ ସମୃଦ୍ଧ ବିଭିନ୍ନ ପ୍ରକାର ମୁନିମାନଙ୍କୁ ଦେଖି, ମୁଁ ସେଇ ମହାନ ଆଶ୍ରମରେ ପ୍ରବେଶ କରିବାକୁ ଉଦ୍ୟତ ହେଲି।

Word by Word

• सुदुःखान्: very difficult/painful
• सुदुःखान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदुःख
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• नियमान्: observances, vows, disciplines
• नियमान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तान्: those (various)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वहतः: bearing, carrying out (performing)
• वहतः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सुतपोधनान्: ascetics rich in austerity (treasures of tapas)
• सुतपोधनान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुतपोधन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पश्यन्: seeing, beholding
• पश्यन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुनीन्: sages
• मुनीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• बहुविधान्: of many kinds, various
• बहुविधान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुविध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रवेष्टुम्: to enter
• प्रवेष्टुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश्
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• उपचक्रमे: I began/undertook
• उपचक्रमे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + क्रम्
• Form: लिट् (perfect), Ātmanepada, First, Singular

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• muni (ascetic sages)
• mahān āśrama (great hermitage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights reverence for tapas and niyama: ethical and spiritual authority is grounded in disciplined self-restraint, even when it is arduous, and such discipline commands respect from even the greatest figures.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāsudeva describes approaching and preparing to enter a great hermitage after observing numerous sages engaged in diverse, demanding ascetic observances.