Shloka 783

Devanagari script

सुरकार्ये हनिष्यामि यज्ञघ्नं दितिनन्दनम्‌ | तदनन्तर देवताओंके कार्यके लिये नरसिंहरूप धारण करके यज्ञनाशक दितिनन्दन हिरण्यकशिपुका संहार कर डालूँगा

Transliteration

surakārye haniṣyāmi yajñaghnaṃ ditinandanaṃ | tadanantaraṃ devatānāṃ kāryārthaṃ nara-siṃha-rūpaṃ dhārayitvā yajña-nāśakaṃ ditinandanaṃ hiraṇyakaśipuṃ saṃhariṣyāmi ||

Translation

தேவர்களின் காரியநிறைவேற்றத்திற்காக யாகத்தை அழிப்பவனான திதியின் புதல்வனை நான் வதம் செய்வேன். அதன் பின் தேவர்களின் நோக்கத்தை நிறைவேற்ற நரசிம்ம ரூபம் தாங்கி, யாகநாசகனான திதிபுத்திரன் ஹிரண்யகசிபுவைச் சங்கரிப்பேன்.

Word by Word

• सुरकार्ये: in/for the gods' purpose (in the divine task)
• सुरकार्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरकार्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• हनिष्यामि: I shall slay
• हनिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यज्ञघ्नम्: the sacrifice-slayer (destroyer of yajñas)
• यज्ञघ्नम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञघ्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दितिनन्दनम्: Diti's son
• दितिनन्दनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दितिनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that (then/thereafter—object of reference)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनन्तरम्: after that; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर

Speaker

(भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Devatāḥ (the gods)
• Diti
• Diti-nandana (Daitya/Asura)
• Narasiṃha
• Hiraṇyakaśipu
• Yajña (sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When forces hostile to dharma violently obstruct yajña and the moral-cosmic order it represents, protective action—even in extraordinary forms—becomes justified as a duty to restore balance and safeguard the righteous.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes the resolve to eliminate a Daitya who destroys sacrifices, specifically naming Hiraṇyakaśipu, and states that the protector will assume the Narasiṃha form to accomplish the gods’ purpose and end the threat.