Shloka 13

Aśvatthāmā’s Stuti of Rudra and Śiva’s Empowerment (सौप्तिकपर्व, अध्याय ७)

Devanagari script

इति तस्य व्यवसिते ज्ञात्वा योगात्‌ सुकर्मण: । पुरस्तात्‌ काज्चनी वेदी प्रादुरासीन्महात्मन:,इस प्रकार अश्वत्थामाका दृढ़ निश्चय जानकर उसके शुभकर्मके योगसे उस महामनस्वी वीरके आगे एक सुवर्णमयी वेदी प्रकट हुई

Transliteration

iti tasya vyavasite jñātvā yogāt sukarmanaḥ | purastāt kāñcanī vedī prādurāsīn mahātmanaḥ ||

Translation

یوں اس کے پختہ عزم کو جان کر، اس کے نیک اعمال کی قوتِ یوگ سے، اس عظیم النفس سورما کے سامنے ایک زرّیں ویدی اچانک ظاہر ہو گئی۔

Word by Word

इतिthus

तस्यof him/that

व्यवसितेin/at (his) resolve; when (it was) decided

ज्ञात्वाhaving known

योगात्by/through (the) power/connection

सुकर्मणःof good deeds

पुरस्तात्in front; before

काञ्चनीgolden

वेदीaltar; platform

प्रादुरासीत्appeared; became manifest

महात्मनःof the great-souled (one)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

mahātmā (the great-souled warrior, contextually Aśvatthāmā)

kāñcanī vedī (golden altar)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the narrative idea that firm resolve combined with accumulated merit can produce extraordinary manifestations; however, it also invites ethical reflection that auspicious signs or powers are not automatic proof that one’s intended action is dharmically justified.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that once the warrior’s determination is understood as fixed, a golden altar appears before him, presented as a manifestation arising from the efficacy of his prior good deeds.