Shloka 116

The Tārakāmaya War: Divine Mustering, Māyā Countermeasures, Aurva Fire, and Viṣṇu’s Slaying of Kālanemi

Devanagari script

उर्व उवाच । धन्योस्म्यनुगृहीतोस्मि यस्य तेऽहं गुरुर्मतः । नास्ति ते तपसानेन भयं चैवेह सुव्रत

Transliteration

urva uvāca | dhanyosmyanugṛhītosmi yasya te'haṃ gururmataḥ | nāsti te tapasānena bhayaṃ caiveha suvrata

Translation

อุรวะกล่าวว่า “เราช่างเป็นผู้มีบุญยิ่ง เราได้รับพระกรุณาแท้ เพราะท่านยกเราขึ้นเป็นครูของท่าน โอ้ผู้มั่นคงในพรต ด้วยตบะของท่านนี้ ณ ที่นี่ท่านย่อมไร้ความหวาดกลัว”

Word by Word

• urva: Urva
• urva: Karta (kart
  01) (of 'uv
  01ca')
• Type: Noun
• Root: urv
  01/urva (pr
  01tipadika)
• Form: Masculine; Nominative, Singular; speaker name (proper noun)

• uv
  01ca: said
• uv
  01ca: Kriy
  01 (verb/action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (dh
  01tu)
• Form: Perfect (li 6d/); 3rd person, Singular; parasmaipada

• dhanya: fortunate/blessed
• dhanya : Karta (kart
  01) (predicate complement to 'aham' implied)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanya (pr
  01tipadika)
• Form: Masculine; Nominative, Singular; predicate adjective with asmi

• asmi: am
• asmi: Kriy
  01 (copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (dh
  01tu)
• Form: Present (la 6d/); 1st person (uttama-puru 63a/), Singular; parasmaipada

• anug5h
  2bta: favored/graced
• anug5h
  2bta : Karta (kart
  01) (predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anu + grah (dh
  01tu) + kta (k5danta)
• Form: Past passive participle (kta); Masculine; Nominative, Singular; predicate adjective with asmi

• asmi: am
• asmi: Kriy
  01 (copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (dh
  01tu)
• Form: Present (la 6d); 1st person, Singular

• yasya: of whom/whose
• yasya: Sambandha (sa 63a 6dh
  2b)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (pr
  01tipadika)
• Form: Relative pronoun; Masculine/Neuter; Genitive (6th), Singular; correlates with 'te'

• te: to you/for you
• te: Samprad
  01na (samprad
  01na/)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (pr
  01tipadika)
• Form: Pronoun; Dative (4th/caturth
  2b/), Singular

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (kart
  01)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (pr
  01tipadika)
• Form: Pronoun; Nominative, Singular

• guru: teacher
• guru : Karta (kart
  01) (predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (pr
  01tipadika)
• Form: Masculine; Nominative, Singular; predicate-noun with mata

• mata: considered
• mata : Kriy
  01 (implicit 'is considered')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: man (dh
  01tu) + kta (k5danta)
• Form: Past passive participle (kta); Masculine; Nominative, Singular; 'considered/held as'

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (avyaya)
• Form: Negation particle (ni 63edha-nip
  01ta)

• asti: there is
• asti: Kriy
  01 (verb/existence)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (dh
  01tu)
• Form: Present (la 6d); 3rd person, Singular; parasmaipada

• te: for you
• te: Samprad
  01na (recipient/for whom)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (pr
  01tipadika)
• Form: Pronoun; Dative (4th), Singular

• tapas
  01: by austerity
• tapas
  01: Kara 47a (instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (pr
  01tipadika)
• Form: Neuter; Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• anena: by this
• anena: Kara 47a (instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (pr
  01tipadika)
• Form: Demonstrative pronoun; Masculine/Neuter; Instrumental (3rd), Singular; refers to the tapas

• bhayam: fear
• bhayam: Karta (kart
  01)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (pr
  01tipadika)
• Form: Neuter; Nominative, Singular; subject of asti (negated)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (avyaya)
• Form: Conjunction (samuccaya-nip
  01ta)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (avyaya)
• Form: Particle (avadh
  01ra 47a-nip
  01ta)

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikara 47a (locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (avyaya)
• Form: Adverb (deba-avyaya)

• suvrata: O good-vowed one
• suvrata: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su + vrata (pr
  01tipadika; sam
  01sa)
• Form: Masculine; Vocative (sambodhana), Singular; compound: su (good) + vrata (vowed)

Speaker

Urva

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: dhanyosmi  dhanya + asmi; anug5h
2btosmi  anug5h
2bta + asmi; te'ha  te + aham; n
01sti  na + asti; caiveha  ca + eva + iha.

Characters & Entities

• Urva
• Guru (teacher)

FAQs

What is the central teaching of this verse?

It praises the guru–disciple bond and affirms that sincere tapas (austerity/discipline) removes fear and grants spiritual protection.

How does this verse emphasize the role of the guru?

Urva considers it a blessing to be accepted as a guru, implying that being regarded as a teacher is itself a grace and a sacred responsibility.

What ethical lesson is conveyed by calling someone ‘suvrata’?

‘Suvrata’ highlights steadiness in vows and self-discipline, suggesting that ethical consistency and spiritual practice lead to inner fearlessness.