Shloka 7

Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas

Sanskrit

एतद्वः कथितं सर्वममरारिविचेष्टितम् । शरणं वः प्रपन्नाः स्मो वधस्तस्य विचिन्त्यताम् ॥

Transliteration

etad vaḥ kathitaṃ sarvam amarāriviceṣṭitam / śaraṇaṃ vaḥ prapannāḥ smo vadhastasya vicintyatām

Translation

یہ سب تمہیں بتا دیا گیا—امروں کے دشمن کا کردار۔ ہم پناہ کے لیے تمہارے پاس آئے ہیں؛ اس کے قتل کا فیصلہ کیا جائے۔

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• वः: to you/your
• वः: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (to you/your)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (Genitive/Dative), बहुवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• कथितम्: told/related
• कथितम्: कर्म-विशेषण (predicate to 'etad')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √कथ् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all/entire
• सर्वम्: विशेषण (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• अमरारिविचेष्टितम्: the deeds of the enemy of the gods
• अमरारिविचेष्टितम्: कर्म-विशेषण/विधेय (apposition to 'etad sarvam')
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर + अरि + विचेष्टित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अमराणाम् अरिः = देवशत्रुः; तस्य विचेष्टितम्)

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• वः: to you
• वः: सम्प्रदान (to you)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (Genitive/Dative), बहुवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• प्रपन्नाः: having taken refuge
• प्रपन्नाः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-√पद् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle in sense of 'having resorted'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• स्मः: we are
• स्मः: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन

• वधः: the slaying
• वधः: कर्म/विषय (object/subject matter of deliberation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• विचिन्त्यताम्: let it be considered/deliberated
• विचिन्त्यताम्: क्रिया (injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (let it be considered)

Speakers

• Devas petitioning Vishnu and Shiva (as framed by the Rishi’s narration)

Primary Deities

• Mahishasura
• Vishnu
• Shiva
• Devas (collectively)

Shakti Aspects

• Invokes the need for the supreme protective power that will manifest as Devī

Key Themes

• Śaraṇāgati (taking refuge)
• Collective prayer
• Restoration of dharma
• Divine protection

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Śaraṇāgati is presented as an active moral turning: acknowledging disorder, narrating truthfully, and requesting decisive action for the protection of the world.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Carita (narrative) functioning as dharma-teaching: proper response to overwhelming adharma is coordinated appeal to the highest principle.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘enemy of immortals’ can be read as the force that undermines deathlessness (amṛtatva) within—ignorance and pride. Refuge indicates the inward return to the source (Śakti) that alone can dissolve it.