Shloka 35

Adhyaya 18 — Arjuna Declines the Throne; Garga Directs Him to Dattatreya; The Gods Defeat the Daityas through Dattatreya’s Vision and the Movement of Lakshmi

Sanskrit

मद्दृष्टिपातहुतभुक्-प्रक्षीणबलतेजसः ।

येन नाशमशेषास्ते प्रयान्ति मम दर्शनात् ॥

Transliteration

mad-dṛṣṭi-pāta-huta-bhuk-prakṣīṇa-bala-tejasaḥ |

yena nāśam aśeṣās te prayānti mama darśanāt ||

Translation

“میری نگاہ پڑتے ہی وہ یَجْن کی آگ کی طرح جل کر خاک ہو جائیں گے؛ ان کا زور اور جلال ماند پڑ جائے گا۔ محض میرے دیدار سے ہی وہ سب ہلاکت کو پہنچیں گے۔”

Word by Word

• मद्दृष्टिपातहुतभुक्-प्रक्षीणबलतेजसः: (those) whose strength and radiance are burnt up by my glance
• मद्दृष्टिपातहुतभुक्-प्रक्षीणबलतेजसः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + दृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + पात (प्रातिपदिक) + हुतभुज् (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रक्षीण (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त) + बल (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि—‘येषां मद्दृष्टिपातेन हुतभुगिव (अग्निवत्) प्रक्षीणे बलतेजसी स्तः’ = whose strength and splendor are consumed by the fall of my gaze

• येन: by which / whereby
• येन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे—‘by which/whereby’

• नाशम्: destruction
• नाशम्: Gati/Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अशेषाः: entire/all without remainder
• अशेषाः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ते)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रयान्ति: go/attain
• प्रयान्ति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दर्शनात्: from (my) sight / upon seeing (me)
• दर्शनात्: Apādāna/Hetu (अपादान/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ (from/because of seeing)

Speakers

• Dattātreya → Devas

Verse Rasa

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Primary Deities

• Dattātreya

Key Themes

• Darśana as transformative/destructive power
• Tapas as fire imagery
• Asuric power exhausted

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse uses yajña-fire imagery to show that spiritual energy ‘digests’ negativity. It implies that true power is not aggression but a purifying force that dissolves adharma.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ākhyāna with deva–asura motif; not directly sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa.

What is the esoteric significance?

Hutabhuk is the inner fire of realization: when the asuric tendencies are brought into the field of awareness (dṛṣṭi-gocara), they are ‘offered’ and consumed.