Shloka 29

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

देवा ऊचुः

अनघस्त्वं जगन्नाथ न लेपस्तव विद्यते ।

विद्याक्षालनशुद्धान्तर्निविष्टज्ञानदीधिते ॥

Transliteration

devā ūcuḥ

anaghas tvaṃ jagannātha na lepas tava vidyate |

vidyākṣālana-śuddhāntar-niviṣṭa-jñāna-dīdhite ||

Translation

தேவர்கள் கூறினர்—பாவமற்ற உலகநாதனே, உம்மை எந்தக் களங்கமும் பற்றாது. ஞானத்தின் சுத்திகரிக்கும் சக்தியால் உமது அந்தக்கரணம் தூய்மை பெற்றது; ஞானஒளி உம்முள் நிலைகொண்டுள்ளது.

Word by Word

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

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

• अनघः: sinless
• अनघः: सम्बोधन-विशेषण (Vocative-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जगन्नाथ: O lord of the world
• जगन्नाथ: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जगतः नाथः)

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• लेपः: taint/defilement
• लेपः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तव: of you/your
• तव: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• विद्यते: exists
• विद्यते: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (विद्यते = exists)

• विद्या-क्षालन-शुद्ध-अन्तः-निविष्ट-ज्ञान-दीधिते: O one whose inner being is purified by the cleansing of knowledge, whose knowledge is firmly established and radiant
• विद्या-क्षालन-शुद्ध-अन्तः-निविष्ट-ज्ञान-दीधिते: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या + क्षालन + शुद्ध + अन्तः + निविष्ट (कृदन्त; √विश् क्त) + ज्ञान + दीधिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमास (अन्तः शुद्धः विद्याक्षालनेन; अन्तः निविष्टं ज्ञानं यस्य; ज्ञानस्य दीधितिः/दीप्तिः)

Speakers

• Devas → Dattātreya

Verse Rasa

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Primary Deities

• Devas (collective)
• Dattātreya

Key Themes

• Jñāna as purifier
• Non-taint of the realized
• Inner vs. outer purity
• Authority of saints

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Ethically, it warns against judging sanctity by externals. Philosophically, it asserts that knowledge (vidyā/jñāna) burns or washes away impurity; the knower is not ‘smeared’ by contact the way an untrained mind is.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Didactic Ākhyāna reinforcing dharma and the supremacy of jñāna; not a cosmological (sarga/pratisarga) or genealogical (vaṃśa) unit.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Lepa’ is subtle karmic adhesion. The verse implies that when awareness is established in wisdom, karmic ‘stickiness’ does not adhere—an Upaniṣadic-style teaching expressed in Purāṇic narrative form.