Shloka 7

Satya-lakṣaṇa (The Characteristics and Forms of Truth) | सत्यलक्षणम्

Devanagari script

आगच्छन्‌ परुषो वायुर्मया विष्टम्भितो बलात्‌ | भज्जन्‌ ट्रुमान्‌ पर्वतांश्व॒ यच्चान्यदपि किंचन

Transliteration

āgacchan paruṣo vāyur mayā viṣṭambhito balāt | bhajjan drumān parvatāṁś ca yac cānyad api kiṁcana ||

Translation

ଶାଲ୍ମଲି କହିଲା—ଯେତେବେଳେ ଉଗ୍ର ବାୟୁଦେବ ଗଛ, ପର୍ବତ ଓ ପଥରେ ଥିବା ଅନ୍ୟ ସବୁକିଛି ଭାଙ୍ଗିଚୁରି କରି ମୋ ପାଖକୁ ଆସନ୍ତି, ସେତେବେଳେ ମୁଁ ବଳପୂର୍ବକ ତାଙ୍କର ଗତିକୁ ରୋକି ଧରି ରଖେ।

Word by Word

• आगच्छन्: coming/approaching
• आगच्छन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (गच्छ्)
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• परुषः: harsh/violent
• परुषः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परुष
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वायुः: wind
• वायुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, तृतीया, एकवचन

• विष्टम्भितः: checked/held back
• विष्टम्भितः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-स्तम्भ्
• Form: क्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त), पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• बलात्: by force
• बलात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: नपुं, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• भञ्जन्: breaking
• भञ्जन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भञ्ज्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• द्रुमान्: trees
• द्रुमान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुम
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• पर्वतान्: mountains
• पर्वतान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

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

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: नपुं, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• अन्यत्: other
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: नपुं, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• किञ्चन: anything (at all)
• किञ्चन: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किञ्चन
• Form: नपुं, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Vāyu (Wind-god)
• trees (druma)
• mountains (parvata)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical ideal of restraint: even overwhelming force (symbolized by Vāyu’s destructive motion) can be checked by disciplined strength and self-mastery, suggesting that true power is the capacity to control and redirect force rather than be carried away by it.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes an event (or capability) in which the Wind-god approaches violently, breaking trees and mountains, and Nārada—by his own strength—halts the wind’s movement, portraying the extraordinary restraining power attributed to great sages.