Shloka 22

Muñjavān on Himavat: Maheśvara’s abode, Śiva-stuti, and sacrificial gold

Chapter 8

Devanagari script

तीक्ष्णदंष्टाय तीक्ष्णाय वैश्वानरमुखाय च । महाद्युतये5नज्राय सर्वाय पतये विशाम्‌

Transliteration

tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrāya tīkṣṇāya vaiśvānaramukhāya ca | mahādyutaye 'najrāya sarvāya pataye viśām ||

Translation

ତୀକ୍ଷ୍ଣଦଂଷ୍ଟ୍ରାବିଶିଷ୍ଟଙ୍କୁ, ଉଗ୍ର ତୀକ୍ଷ୍ଣସ୍ୱରୂପଙ୍କୁ, ବୈଶ୍ୱାନର ଅଗ୍ନିସଦୃଶ ମୁଖବିଶିଷ୍ଟଙ୍କୁ ନମସ୍କାର; ମହାଦ୍ୟୁତିଙ୍କୁ, ଅଜରଙ୍କୁ; ସର୍ବସ୍ୱରୂପ ପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କୁ, ଏବଂ ପ୍ରଜାମାନଙ୍କ ଅଧିପତି-ରକ୍ଷକଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରଣାମ।

Word by Word

• तीक्ष्णदंष्टाय: to the sharp-fanged one
• तीक्ष्णदंष्टाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीक्ष्ण-दंष्ट्रा
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• तीक्ष्णाय: to the sharp/fierce one
• तीक्ष्णाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीक्ष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• वैश्वानरमुखाय: to him whose face is (like) Vaiśvānara (fire)
• वैश्वानरमुखाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैश्वानर-मुख
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महाद्युतये: to the greatly radiant one
• महाद्युतये: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-द्युति
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• अनज्राय: to the unaging/undecaying one
• अनज्राय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनज्र
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सर्वाय: to the all(-pervading) one
• सर्वाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• पतये: to the lord
• पतये: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• विशाम्: of the peoples/subjects
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

संवर्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Saṃvarta
• Vaiśvānara (cosmic fire/Agni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames the divine as both awe-inspiring and protective: fierce like consuming fire, yet the sovereign guardian of peoples. Ethically, it suggests reverence for a power that upholds order and safeguards society, even when it appears terrifying in its destructive aspect.

What is happening in the narrative?

Saṃvarta utters a hymn-like salutation, stringing together epithets in the dative case to praise and invoke a supreme, fire-faced, radiant, unaging Lord—presented as the master and protector of human communities.