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Shloka 11

एकान्तिधर्म-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into Ekāntin Dharma) / The Origin and Practice of Single-Pointed Nārāyaṇa-Centered Discipline

Devanagari script

छत्राकृतिशीर्षा मेघौघनिनादा: सममुष्कचतुष्का राजीवच्छतपादा: । षष्ट्या दन्तैर्युक्ता: शुक्लैरष्टाभिद्रष्टाभियें जिद्दाभियें विश्ववक्‍षत्रं लेलिहान्ते सूर्यप्रर्यम्‌

Transliteration

chatrākṛtiśīrṣā meghaughaninādāḥ samamuṣkacatuṣkā rājīvachchatapādāḥ | ṣaṣṭyā dantairyuktāḥ śuklairaṣṭābhirdrāṣṭābhirjiddhābhirye viśvavakṣatraṃ lelihānte sūryaprarayam ||

Translation

Wika ni Nārada: Sa pulong iyon ay naninirahan ang mga lalaking maputi ang kulay, ganap na malaya sa lahat ng kasalanan. Ang pagtanaw lamang sa kanila ay nakasisilaw sa mga mata ng makasalanan. Ang kanilang katawan, pati mga buto, ay matibay na parang kulog na sandata; itinuturing nilang magkapantay ang dangal at paghamak. Ang kanilang mga sangkap ay makalangit, at sila’y pinagkalooban ng mapalad na lakas na bunga ng kapangyarihan ng yoga. Ang kanilang ulo’y hugis payong, at ang tinig ay malalim na gaya ng ugong ng siksik na ulap. May apat silang bisig na magkakatimbang. Ang kanilang mga paa’y pinalalamutian ng daan-daang bakas na tulad ng lotus. Sa kanilang bibig ay may animnapung mapuputing ngipin at walong bagang. Nagniningning na parang araw, sila’y napakalawak na kaya nilang ipaloob ang buong daigdig sa bibig; at sa kanilang dila, maging si Mahākāla ay nalalamas at nalalantakan.

Word by Word

छत्राकृतिशीर्षाःhaving heads shaped like umbrellas

मेघौघनिनादाःhaving a roar like a mass of clouds

सममुष्कचतुष्काःhaving four equal arms

राजीवच्छतपादाःhaving feet marked with hundreds of lotus-like lines

षष्ट्याwith sixty

दन्तैःwith teeth

युक्ताःendowed (with)

शुक्लैःwhite

अष्टाभिःwith eight

द्रष्टाभिःwith molars (lit. 'lookers'; here understood as दाढा/दाढा-दन्ताः)

येwho

जिह्वाभिःwith tongues

विश्ववक्षत्रम्the all-containing (one) / the universe-holder (epithet)

लेलिहन्तेthey lick

सूर्यप्रभम्sun-bright, radiant like the sun

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

dvīpa (island/region)

Mahākāla

Sūrya (Sun)

vajra (thunderbolt)

chhatra (parasol)

megha (clouds)

rājīva (lotus)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage praises inner purity and yogic discipline: those free from pāpa possess divine strength and, ethically, remain equal-minded toward honor and dishonor (samatva), suggesting that true power is grounded in dharma and detachment rather than social validation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing a wondrous island inhabited by extraordinary, sinless beings. Their superhuman features—four arms, thunderous voice, vajra-like bodies, sun-like radiance, and the hyperbolic image of licking even Mahākāla—serve to magnify their spiritual potency and otherworldly status.