Shloka 35

Adhyaya 18 — Arjuna Declines the Throne; Garga Directs Him to Dattatreya; The Gods Defeat the Daityas through Dattatreya’s Vision and the Movement of Lakshmi

Sanskrit

मद्दृष्टिपातहुतभुक्-प्रक्षीणबलतेजसः ।

येन नाशमशेषास्ते प्रयान्ति मम दर्शनात् ॥

Transliteration

mad-dṛṣṭi-pāta-huta-bhuk-prakṣīṇa-bala-tejasaḥ |

yena nāśam aśeṣās te prayānti mama darśanāt ||

Translation

“मम दृष्टिपातेन ते हुताशनवद् दग्धा भविष्यन्ति; तेषां बलं तेजश्च क्षीयेत। ममैव दर्शनेन सर्वे विनाशं यास्यन्ति।”

Word by Word

• मद्दृष्टिपातहुतभुक्-प्रक्षीणबलतेजसः: (those) whose strength and radiance are burnt up by my glance
• मद्दृष्टिपातहुतभुक्-प्रक्षीणबलतेजसः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + दृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + पात (प्रातिपदिक) + हुतभुज् (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रक्षीण (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त) + बल (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि—‘येषां मद्दृष्टिपातेन हुतभुगिव (अग्निवत्) प्रक्षीणे बलतेजसी स्तः’ = whose strength and splendor are consumed by the fall of my gaze

• येन: by which / whereby
• येन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे—‘by which/whereby’

• नाशम्: destruction
• नाशम्: Gati/Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अशेषाः: entire/all without remainder
• अशेषाः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ते)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रयान्ति: go/attain
• प्रयान्ति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दर्शनात्: from (my) sight / upon seeing (me)
• दर्शनात्: Apādāna/Hetu (अपादान/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ (from/because of seeing)

Speakers

• Dattātreya → Devas

Verse Rasa

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Primary Deities

• Dattātreya

Key Themes

• Darśana as transformative/destructive power
• Tapas as fire imagery
• Asuric power exhausted

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse uses yajña-fire imagery to show that spiritual energy ‘digests’ negativity. It implies that true power is not aggression but a purifying force that dissolves adharma.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ākhyāna with deva–asura motif; not directly sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa.

What is the esoteric significance?

Hutabhuk is the inner fire of realization: when the asuric tendencies are brought into the field of awareness (dṛṣṭi-gocara), they are ‘offered’ and consumed.