Shloka 6

प्रलय-प्रक्रिया (Pralaya Process) — Guṇa-Withdrawal and Pratisaṃcara

Devanagari script

का त्वं तिष्ठसि मामेवं दीप्यमाना स्वतेजसा । हित्वा दैत्यवरं सुभ्रु तन्ममाचक्ष्व पृच्छत:

Transliteration

śakra uvāca | kā tvaṁ tiṣṭhasi mām evaṁ dīpyamānā svatejasā | hitvā daityavaraṁ subhru tan mamācakṣva pṛcchataḥ ||

Translation

Шакра (Индра) сказал: «Кто ты, что стоишь передо мной так, пылая собственным сиянием? О прекраснобровая, оставившая лучшего из дайтьев, скажи мне — раз я спрашиваю — кто ты».

Word by Word

• का: who (fem.)
• का: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तिष्ठसि: you stand
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• दीप्यमाना: shining, blazing
• दीप्यमाना: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दीप्
• Form: Present participle (Śatṛ/Śānac), Ātmanepada (Śānac), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वतेजसा: by (your) own radiance
• स्वतेजसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-तेजस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• हित्वा: having abandoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā), Parasmaipada/Ātmanepada (non-finite)

• दैत्यवरम्: the best of the Daityas (demon-chief)
• दैत्यवरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य-वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सुभ्रु: O fair-browed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-भ्रू
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• तत्: that (i.e., your identity/name)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मम: to me / of me
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• आचक्ष्व: tell, declare
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चक्ष्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Ātmanepada

• पृच्छतः: of (me) asking / while (I am) asking
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Present participle (Śatṛ), Parasmaipada, Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Daityavara (foremost Daitya; implied demon-king)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds tejas (inner spiritual-moral radiance) as a marker of higher truth and authority: when such radiance appears, even Indra seeks proper identification, implying that power should be recognized and questioned through dharmic inquiry rather than assumption.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra (Śakra) sees a radiant female figure standing before him, described as shining with her own splendor and having left the foremost Daitya. Astonished and unfamiliar with her, he asks her to reveal her identity.