Shloka 11

एकान्तिधर्म-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into Ekāntin Dharma) / The Origin and Practice of Single-Pointed Nārāyaṇa-Centered Discipline

Devanagari script

छत्राकृतिशीर्षा मेघौघनिनादा: सममुष्कचतुष्का राजीवच्छतपादा: । षष्ट्या दन्तैर्युक्ता: शुक्लैरष्टाभिद्रष्टाभियें जिद्दाभियें विश्ववक्‍षत्रं लेलिहान्ते सूर्यप्रर्यम्‌

Transliteration

chatrākṛtiśīrṣā meghaughaninādāḥ samamuṣkacatuṣkā rājīvachchatapādāḥ | ṣaṣṭyā dantairyuktāḥ śuklairaṣṭābhirdrāṣṭābhirjiddhābhirye viśvavakṣatraṃ lelihānte sūryaprarayam ||

Translation

ତାଙ୍କ ଶିର ଛତ୍ରାକୃତି, ସ୍ୱର ଘନ ମେଘପୁଞ୍ଜର ଗର୍ଜନ ପରି ଗମ୍ଭୀର; ସମାନ ଚାରି ଭୁଜା ଅଛି, ଏବଂ ପାଦ ଶତଶତ କମଳସଦୃଶ ରେଖାଚିହ୍ନରେ ଶୋଭିତ। ତାଙ୍କ ମୁଖରେ ଷାଠିଏ ଶ୍ୱେତ ଦାନ୍ତ ଓ ଆଠଟି ଦାଢ଼ ଅଛି। ସେମାନେ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟସମ ଦୀପ୍ତିମାନ; ନିଜ ମୁଖରେ ସମଗ୍ର ଜଗତକୁ ଧାରଣ କରିପାରନ୍ତି, ଏବଂ ଜିହ୍ୱାଦ୍ୱାରା ମହାକାଳକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଲେଲିହନ କରନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• छत्राकृतिशीर्षाः: having heads shaped like umbrellas
• छत्राकृतिशीर्षाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छत्र-आकृति-शीर्षन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मेघौघनिनादाः: having a roar like a mass of clouds
• मेघौघनिनादाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेघ-ओघ-निनाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सममुष्कचतुष्काः: having four equal arms
• सममुष्कचतुष्काः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम-भुज-चतुष्क
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजीवच्छतपादाः: having feet marked with hundreds of lotus-like lines
• राजीवच्छतपादाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राजीव-शत-पाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• षष्ट्या: with sixty
• षष्ट्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• दन्तैः: with teeth
• दन्तैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दन्त
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• युक्ताः: endowed (with)
• युक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शुक्लैः: white
• शुक्लैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्ल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अष्टाभिः: with eight
• अष्टाभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टन्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• द्रष्टाभिः: with molars (lit. 'lookers'; here understood as दाढा/दाढा-दन्ताः)
• द्रष्टाभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृष्टि/द्रष्टृ
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जिह्वाभिः: with tongues
• जिह्वाभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिह्वा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• विश्ववक्षत्रम्: the all-containing (one) / the universe-holder (epithet)
• विश्ववक्षत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व-वक्षत्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लेलिहन्ते: they lick
• लेलिहन्ते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिह्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada

• सूर्यप्रभम्: sun-bright, radiant like the sun
• सूर्यप्रभम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर्य-प्रभ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• dvīpa (island/region)
• Mahākāla
• Sūrya (Sun)
• vajra (thunderbolt)
• chhatra (parasol)
• megha (clouds)
• rājīva (lotus)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage praises inner purity and yogic discipline: those free from pāpa possess divine strength and, ethically, remain equal-minded toward honor and dishonor (samatva), suggesting that true power is grounded in dharma and detachment rather than social validation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing a wondrous island inhabited by extraordinary, sinless beings. Their superhuman features—four arms, thunderous voice, vajra-like bodies, sun-like radiance, and the hyperbolic image of licking even Mahākāla—serve to magnify their spiritual potency and otherworldly status.