Shloka 26

The Account of King Bhadreśvara

Sun-worship, healing, and heavenly ascent

Devanagari script

नवीनयौवनाः शुद्धा यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् । तिष्ठंतु मत्पुरे रम्ये सर्वभोगैर्निरामयाः

Transliteration

navīnayauvanāḥ śuddhā yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam | tiṣṭhaṃtu matpure ramye sarvabhogairnirāmayāḥ

Translation

नवीनयौवनाः शुद्धाः यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्। तिष्ठन्तु मत्पुरे रम्ये सर्वभोगैर्निरामयाः॥

Word by Word

• navīna-yauvanāḥ: having fresh youth
• navīna-yauvanāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: navīna (प्रातिपदिक) + yauvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (Nominative/प्रथमा) Bahuvacana (Plural/बहुवचन); karmadhāraya-samāsa

• śuddhāḥ: pure
• śuddhāḥ: Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (Nominative/प्रथमा) Bahuvacana (Plural/बहुवचन)

• yāvat: until
• yāvat: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; kāla-parimāṇa-artha (temporal limit adverb/काल-परिमाणार्थ)

• ā-bhūta-saṃplavam: up to the cosmic dissolution
• ā-bhūta-saṃplavam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण; limit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ā (उपसर्ग/avyaya) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃplava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (Accusative/द्वितीया) Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); tatpuruṣa-samāsa (bhūta-saṃplava) with upasarga ā-; used with yāvat

• tiṣṭhantu: let them stay
• tiṣṭhantu: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धाातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (Imperative/लोट्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person/प्रथमपुरुष) Bahuvacana (Plural/बहुवचन); parasmaipada

• mat-pure: in my city
• mat-pure: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Saptamī (Locative/सप्तमी) Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mat-pura = my city)

• ramye: delightful
• ramye: Adhikaraṇa-viśeṣaṇa (अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ramya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Saptamī (Locative/सप्तमी) Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); agrees with pure

• sarva-bhogaiḥ: with all enjoyments
• sarva-bhogaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण/instrument or accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Tṛtīyā (Instrumental/तृतीया) Bahuvacana (Plural/बहुवचन); karmadhāraya-samāsa

• nirāmayāḥ: free from illness
• nirāmayāḥ: Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-āmaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (Nominative/प्रथमा) Bahuvacana (Plural/बहुवचन); bahuvrīhi-like sense ‘free from disease’ but form is simple adjective

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses of Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa 79)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: navīnayauvanāḥ → navīna-yauvanāḥ; yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam → yāvat ā-bhūta-saṃplavam; tiṣṭhaṃtu → tiṣṭhantu; matpure → mat-pure; sarvabhogairnirāmayāḥ → sarva-bhogaiḥ nirāmayāḥ

FAQs

What does this verse describe as the reward or state granted to devotees or recipients?

It depicts an idealized divine residence: perpetual youth, purity, freedom from disease, and uninterrupted enjoyment lasting until the cosmic dissolution.

What is meant by “ābhūta-saṃplava” in this context?

Ābhūta-saṃplava refers to the great cosmic flood/dissolution at the end of an aeon, when manifested beings and worlds are withdrawn.

What ethical or spiritual lesson can be drawn from “śuddhāḥ” (pure) and “nirāmayāḥ” (free from illness)?

The verse links divine proximity with inner purity and wholeness: spiritual purity is portrayed as naturally culminating in freedom from affliction and a harmonized, protected mode of existence.