Shloka 21

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

Chapter 8

Devanagari script

ख्रुवहस्ताय पतये धन्विने भार्गवाय च । अजाय कृष्णनेत्राय विरूपाक्षाय चैव ह

Transliteration

dhruvahastāya pataye dhanvine bhārgavāya ca | ajāya kṛṣṇanetrāya virūpākṣāya caiva ha ||

Translation

Самварта сказал: «(Приношения и поклонение воздаются) Дхрувахасте, Владыке, держащему лук, Бхаргаве; и также Аджe, темноокому, и воистину Вирупакше.»

Word by Word

• ध्रुवहस्ताय: to (him) of steady hand
• ध्रुवहस्ताय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्रुवहस्त
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

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

• धन्विने: to the archer
• धन्विने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• भार्गवाय: to Bhārgava (descendant of Bhṛgu)
• भार्गवाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

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

• अजाय: to the unborn one
• अजाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• कृष्णनेत्राय: to (him) of dark eyes
• कृष्णनेत्राय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णनेत्र
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• विरूपाक्षाय: to Virūpākṣa (the odd-eyed one)
• विरूपाक्षाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरूपाक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

संवर्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Saṃvarta
• Dhruvahasta
• Pati (Lord)
• Dhanvin (bow-bearer)
• Bhārgava
• Aja
• Kṛṣṇanetra
• Virūpākṣa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models dhārmic reverence through ritual invocation: multiple divine epithets are recited to honor and align oneself with sacred authority, suggesting that right action is grounded in remembrance and respectful address of the divine.

What is happening in the narrative?

Saṃvarta is reciting a formula of salutations/offerings, invoking a sequence of divine names and epithets (including Virūpākṣa) as part of a ritual or solemn recitation within the Ashvamedhika context.