Shloka 67

Śaraṇāgata-Atithi-Dharma in the Kapota Narrative (कपोत-आख्यानम्—शरणागतधर्मः)

Devanagari script

बलवन्तं करिष्यामि प्रणोत्स्याम्पशुभानि तु । तपोभिर्विद्यया चैव ज्योतींषीव महत्तम:

Transliteration

balavantaṁ kariṣyāmi praṇotsyām apāśubhāni tu | tapobhir vidyayā caiva jyotīṁṣīva mahattamaḥ ||

Translation

నేను మళ్లీ నన్ను బలవంతుడిగా చేసుకుంటాను; సమస్త అశుభాన్ని తొలగిస్తాను. తపస్సు మరియు విద్య ద్వారా పాపకర్మలను నశింపజేస్తాను—సూర్యాది మహాజ్యోతులు చీకటిని తొలగించినట్లే.

Word by Word

• बलवन्तम्: strong, powerful (one/self)
• बलवन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• करिष्यामि: I shall make
• करिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रणोत्स्यामि: I shall drive away / remove
• प्रणोत्स्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नुद्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अशुभानि: inauspicious things/acts
• अशुभानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशुभ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तपोभिः: by austerities
• तपोभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• विद्यया: by knowledge/learning
• विद्यया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ज्योतींषि: lights, luminaries
• ज्योतींषि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• महत्तमः: the greatest (one)
• महत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

घपच उवाच

Characters & Entities

• jyotīṁṣi (luminaries such as the sun)
• andhakāra (darkness, implied by the simile)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Moral and spiritual renewal is possible through disciplined austerity (tapas) and clarifying knowledge (vidyā): when one strengthens oneself inwardly, inauspicious tendencies and harmful actions are dispelled, like darkness vanishing before great light.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker vows to regain inner strength and eliminate inauspiciousness by undertaking tapas and cultivating vidyā, using the image of the sun-like luminaries that naturally destroy darkness to express confidence in purification and reform.