Shloka 116

The Slaying of the Kālakeyas and the Greatness of Vināyaka Worship

Devanagari script

द्रष्टुकामागताः पार्श्वमृषि देवाः सुरोरगाः । एवं शतसहस्राणि बाणानां विधृतानि च

Transliteration

draṣṭukāmāgatāḥ pārśvamṛṣi devāḥ suroragāḥ | evaṃ śatasahasrāṇi bāṇānāṃ vidhṛtāni ca

Translation

اسے دیکھنے کی آرزو سے دیوتا، رشی، سُر اور ناگ اُس مُنی کے پہلو میں آ کھڑے ہوئے؛ اور اسی طرح تیروں کے لاکھوں جَھونکے بھی روک لیے گئے۔

Word by Word

• द्रष्टु-काम-आगताः: having come desiring to see
• द्रष्टु-काम-आगताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: draṣṭum (द्रष्टुम्; √dṛś धातु, तुमुन्) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + āgata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa chain: द्रष्टुं कामः येषां ते (purpose-desire) + आगताः ‘come’; Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• पार्श्वम्: to the side/nearby
• पार्श्वम्: Gati/Karma (गति-कर्म/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• ऋषि: O sage / the sage
• ऋषि: Sambodhana/Apposition (सम्बोधन/उपपद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used appositionally (संबोधन/उपपद-भाव)

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• सुर-उरगाः: gods and serpents
• सुर-उरगाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + uraga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvandva (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व: सुराः च उरगाः), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• एवम्: thus/in this manner
• एवम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• शत-सहस्राणि: hundreds of thousands
• शत-सहस्राणि: Karma/Pramāṇa (कर्म/प्रमाण-परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvigu (संख्यासमास), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Plural (बहुवचन)

• बाणानाम्: of arrows
• बाणानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• विधृतानि: held/borne
• विधृतानि: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa/Predicate (विशेषण/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-प्रत्यय), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural (बहुवचन); ‘held/borne’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (context-dependent within Adhyaya 65)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: द्रष्टुकामागताः = द्रष्टु + काम + आगताः; पार्श्वमृषि = पार्श्वम् + ऋषि; सुरोरगाः = सुर + उरगाः (द्वन्द्व); शतसहस्राणि = शत + सहस्राणि (द्विगु)

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣi (seer)
• Devas
• Suras
• Uraga/Nāgas

FAQs

Who comes to the seer’s side in this verse, and why?

Gods, sages, celestials, and serpents (nāgas) come near the seer because they wish to witness the event being described.

What is the significance of “hundreds of thousands of arrows being held back”?

It conveys the scale and intensity of the episode—suggesting a vast discharge of weapons or a looming battle—while emphasizing restraint or suspension (arrows being checked/withheld) rather than uncontrolled destruction.

What ethical or philosophical idea is implied by the act of restraint in the verse?

Even amid immense power and conflict, the verse highlights containment and control—implying that higher order (dharma, discipline, or divine intervention) can restrain destructive forces.