Shloka 175

Narasiṃha’s Greatness and the Slaying of Hiraṇyakaśipu

Boon, Portents, and Cosmic Restoration

Devanagari script

तरुणादित्यसंकाशो मेरुश्चैव महान्गिरिः । यक्षराक्षसगंधर्वैर्नित्यं सेवितकंदरः

Transliteration

taruṇādityasaṃkāśo meruścaiva mahāngiriḥ | yakṣarākṣasagaṃdharvairnityaṃ sevitakaṃdaraḥ

Translation

ମହାଗିରି ମେରୁ ଯୁବ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ ପରି ଦୀପ୍ତିମାନ; ତାହାର ଗୁହା ଓ କନ୍ଦରଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ଯକ୍ଷ, ରାକ୍ଷସ ଓ ଗନ୍ଧର୍ବମାନେ ନିତ୍ୟ ସେବନ କରନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• तरुणादित्यसंकाशः: shining like the young sun
• तरुणादित्यसंकाशः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तरुण + आदित्य + संकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपमान-तत्पुरुषः (तरुणादित्यवत् संकाशः)

• मेरुः: Meru (mountain)
• मेरुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• महान्: great
• महान्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; महत्-शब्दस्य प्रथमा एकवचन रूपम्

• गिरिः: mountain
• गिरिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यक्षराक्षसगंधर्वैः: by Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, and Gandharvas
• यक्षराक्षसगंधर्वैः: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष + राक्षस + गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (अव्ययभावे)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• सेवितकन्दरः: whose caves are frequented/served
• सेवितकन्दरः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेवित (सेव् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त) + कन्दर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (सेविताः कन्दराः यस्य)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (context not provided in the input excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: mountain

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: मेरुश्चैव = मेरुः + च + एव; महान्गिरिः = महान् + गिरिः; गंधर्वैर्नित्यं = गंधर्वैः + नित्यम्.

Characters & Entities

• Meru
• Yakṣas
• Rākṣasas
• Gandharvas

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the geography of sacred or cosmic realms?

It depicts Mount Meru as a radiant cosmic axis and a populated mythic landscape, emphasizing that divine or semi-divine beings inhabit and move through its caves and ravines.

How does this verse emphasize the path of Bhakti?

Direct bhakti instruction is not explicit here; the verse primarily serves cosmographic narration. In Purāṇic reading, such descriptions support devotion indirectly by portraying the grandeur of the divine cosmos.

What is the ethical lesson from this dialogue?

An explicit ethical injunction is not stated in this single verse; the implied lesson is reverence for the ordered cosmos and recognition that the world contains diverse classes of beings with their own domains.