Shloka 16

Muñjavān on Himavat: Maheśvara’s abode, Śiva-stuti, and sacrificial gold

Chapter 8

Devanagari script

भास्कराय सुतीर्थाय देवदेवाय रंहसे । उष्णीषिणे सुवक्त्राय सहस्राक्षाय मीढुषे

Transliteration

bhāskarāya sutīrthāya devadevāya raṁhase | uṣṇīṣiṇe suvaktrāya sahasrākṣāya mīḍhuṣe

Translation

بھاسکر—درخشاں کو سجدۂ تعظیم؛ سُتیِرتھ—نہایت پاکیزہ تیرتھ-سروپ کو؛ دیودیو، تیز رفتار قوت والے کو؛ اُشنیش دھاری، خوش رُو کو؛ اور سہسرآکش، فیاض بر دینے والے کو سجدہ۔

Word by Word

भास्करायto Bhāskara (the Sun; the radiant one)

सुतीर्थायto the one who is a good sacred ford/pilgrimage (or: to the excellent tīrtha)

देवदेवायto the god of gods

रंहसेto swiftness/impetuosity (as a divine attribute)

उष्णीषिणेto the turbaned/diadem-wearing one

सुवक्त्रायto the fair-faced/eloquent one

सहस्राक्षायto the thousand-eyed one

मीढुषेto the bountiful/giver (benefactor)

Speaker

संवर्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

स

संवर्त (Saṁvarta)

भ

भास्कर (Bhāskara)

द

देवदेव (Devadeva)

स

सहस्राक्ष (Sahasrākṣa/Indra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models reverent invocation: approaching the divine through layered epithets—radiance, purity, sovereignty, swiftness, auspicious form, and generosity—suggesting that ethical action and success are grounded in humility and recognition of a higher beneficent power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Saṁvarta begins a stuti (hymn of praise), addressing a supreme deity with multiple honorific names. The verse functions as an opening salutation, setting a devotional and auspicious tone before the ensuing instruction or ritual context in the Ashvamedhika section.