Shloka 23

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

Chapter 8

Devanagari script

विलोहिताय दीप्ताय दीप्ताक्षाय महौजसे । वसुरेत:सुवपुषे पृथवे कृत्तिवाससे

Transliteration

vilohitāya dīptāya dīptākṣāya mahaujase | vasuretaḥ-suvapuṣe pṛthave kṛttivāsase

Translation

سَمورتا نے کہا—“سرخی مائل رنگ والے، درخشاں، شعلہ فشاں نگاہوں والے، عظیم قوّت والے؛ وَسُوریتا، نہایت خوش اندام، وسیع و ہمہ گیر، اور کھال کا لباس پہننے والے پروردگار کو سلام ہے۔”

Word by Word

विलोहितायto the reddish one

दीप्तायto the blazing one

दीप्ताक्षायto him whose eyes are blazing

महौजसेto the great-energied/mighty one

वसुरेतःto Vasuretā (name/epithet)

सुवपुषेto the beautiful-bodied one

पृथवेto the broad/large one

कृत्तिवाससेto Kṛttivāsa (the wearer of a skin)

Speaker

संवर्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

Saṃvarta

Vasus

Rudra/Śiva (implied by epithets such as kṛttivāsas)

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 dhārmic speech: before giving counsel or acting, one should acknowledge a higher moral and cosmic order through humility and reverence. The invocation emphasizes awe, restraint, and alignment with a power greater than personal will.

What is happening in the narrative?

Saṃvarta begins a statement with a formal salutation/invocation, praising a formidable, ascetic, radiant deity (implicitly Rudra/Śiva) through a chain of epithets, setting a solemn tone for what follows.