Shloka 3

Adhyaya 19 — Kartavirya Arjuna at Dattatreya’s Ashram: Boons, Sovereignty, and Vaishnava Praise

Sanskrit

तथान्नसाधनैस्तस्य उच्छिष्टापोहनेन च ।

परितुष्टो मुनिर्भूतं तमुवाच तथैव सः ॥

Transliteration

tathā annasādhanaiḥ tasya ucchiṣṭāpohanena ca / parituṣṭo munir bhūtaṃ tam uvāca tathaiva saḥ

Translation

तथा तस्य भोजनं संपाद्य, उच्छिष्टं चापनीय, तेन तुष्टो मुनिः पुरतः स्थितं तम् उवाच।

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb (‘also/likewise’)

• अन्नसाधनैः: by preparing food
• अन्नसाधनैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anna-sādhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: अन्न + साधन (तत्पुरुष ‘preparation of food’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• तस्य: of him, his
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक (contextual); षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• उच्छिष्टापोहनेन: by removing leftovers
• उच्छिष्टापोहनेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ucchiṣṭa-apohana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: उच्छिष्ट + अपोहन (तत्पुरुष ‘removal of leftovers’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; conjunction

• परितुष्टः: fully pleased
• परितुष्टः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parituṣṭa (कृदन्त; √tuṣ ‘to be pleased’ with pari-)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘मुनिः’

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भूतम्: arrived, present
• भूतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhūta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘तम्’ (one who had come/arrived)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb (‘so/thus’)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; emphatic particle

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speakers

• Narrator; sage is about to speak

Primary Deities

• Dattātreya

Shakti Aspects

• Not explicit

Key Themes

• Sevā
• Humility
• Earning instruction through service
• Ātithi-dharma

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Instruction and blessing are portrayed as consequences of sustained humility and attentiveness; the sage’s speech is ‘earned’ by disciplined service.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ākhyāna within vaṃśānucarita-type royal narrative; it models dharma rather than enumerating cosmology.

What is the esoteric significance?

Clearing leftovers symbolizes removal of residual ego and desire (ucchiṣṭa) so that the ‘word of the sage’ can be received in a purified inner space.