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Shloka 38

Cyavana’s Yogic Display and Kuśika’s Recognition of Tapas (च्यवन-योगप्रभावः कुशिकस्य तपःप्रशंसा च)

(अत्यन्तापदि मग्नानां परित्राणं हि कुर्वताम्‌ । या गतिर्विदिता त्वद्य नरके शरणं भवान्‌ ।।

cayavana uvāca | kṛpaṇasya ca yac cakṣur muneś ca śīviṣasya ca | naraṃ samūlaṃ dahati kakṣam agnir iva jvalan ||

چَیَوَن نے کہا—اے نِصادو! بے بس و درماندہ کی، رِشی کی اور زہریلے سانپ کی غضبناک نگاہ آدمی کو جڑ سے جلا کر راکھ کر دیتی ہے، جیسے بھڑکتی آگ خشک گھاس کے جھاڑ کو بھسم کر دیتی ہے۔

अत्यन्तutterly, extremely
अत्यन्त:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्यन्त
आपदिin calamity/distress
आपदि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootआपद्
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
मग्नानाम्of those sunk/immersed
मग्नानाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootमग्न
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
परित्राणम्rescue, deliverance
परित्राणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपरित्राण
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
हिindeed, for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
कुर्वताम्of those doing/performing
कुर्वताम्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
याwhich
या:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
गतिःcourse, destiny, state (here: blessed state)
गतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
विदिताknown
विदिता:
TypeAdjective
Rootविदित
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
त्वाyou (as object)
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अद्यtoday, now
अद्य:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य
नरकेin hell
नरके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनरक
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
शरणम्refuge, shelter
शरणम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशरण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
भवान्you (honorific)
भवान्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootभवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

च्यवन उवाच

C
Cayavana (च्यवन)
M
muni (sage)
Ś
śīviṣa (venomous serpent)
A
agni (fire)

Educational Q&A

Do not injure or contemptuously provoke the helpless, the spiritually accomplished, or dangerous beings; their wrath (symbolized by the ‘glance’) can bring complete destruction. The ethical lesson is restraint, compassion, and reverence for moral and ascetic power.

Cayavana delivers a warning statement: certain beings—an afflicted person, a sage, and a venomous serpent—can be devastating when angered. He illustrates this with a simile of blazing fire consuming dry brush, emphasizing the immediacy and totality of the consequence.