Shloka 19

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

Chapter 8

Devanagari script

हिरण्यबाहवे राजन्नुग्राय पतये दिशाम्‌ । लेलिहानाय गोष्ठाय सिद्धमन्त्राय वृष्णये

Transliteration

hiraṇyabāhave rājann ugrāya pataye diśām | lelihānāya goṣṭhāya siddhamantrāya vṛṣṇaye

Translation

அரசே, திசைகளின் உக்கிர ஆண்டவனான ஹிரண்யபாஹுவுக்கே (இவ்வர்ப்பணம்); ஜ்வாலையாகப் பளிச்சிடுபவனுக்கும், கோஷ்டம் (மாட்டுத்தொழு/காவல் இடம்) காக்கும் காவலனுக்கும், सिद्ध மந்திர வலமுடையவனுக்கும், காளைபோல் வல்லவனுக்கும் வணக்கம்।

Word by Word

हिरण्यबाहवेto the one whose arms are golden

राजन्O king

उग्रायto the fierce one

पतयेto the lord

दिशाम्of the directions

लेलिहानायto the licking/tongue-flickering one (flame-like)

गोष्ठायto the cowshed/cattle-pen

सिद्धमन्त्रायto the one whose mantras are accomplished/effective

वृष्णयेto Vṛṣṇi (a Vṛṣṇi hero/lineage-lord)

Speaker

संवर्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

Saṃvarta

King (rājan)

Hiraṇyabāhu

Lord of the Directions (pati of diś)

Goṣṭha (cattle-pen)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models a ritual-ethical stance: a king’s actions should be aligned with protective cosmic powers and effective sacred speech (siddha-mantra), emphasizing guardianship (especially of cattle/subjects) and the maintenance of order in all quarters.

What is happening in the narrative?

Saṃvarta addresses the king and utters an invocation naming a fierce lord associated with the directions, blazing power, protection of the cattle-pen, and mantra-accomplishment—framing the ongoing rite or counsel in a sacral, protective register.