Shloka 23

Devanagari script

नारदस्य वच: श्रुत्वा क्रुद्धः प्राज्वलदड्धिरा: । अपिबत्‌ तेजसा वारि विष्ट भ्य सुमहातपा:

Transliteration

nāradāsya vacaḥ śrutvā kruddhaḥ prājvalad aṅgirāḥ | apibat tejasā vāri viṣṭabhya sumahātapāḥ ||

Translation

Nghe lời Nārada, Utathya—con trai của Aṅgiras—bừng bừng nổi giận như lửa cháy. Vị khổ hạnh vĩ đại ấy nương vào uy lực của khổ hạnh, chặn đứng dòng nước và bắt đầu uống cạn chúng bằng hào quang linh lực của mình.

Word by Word

• नारदस्य: of Narada
• नारदस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वचः: speech/words
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here), prior action

• क्रुद्धः: angered
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध (from √क्रुध्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राज्वलत्: blazing up
• प्राज्वलत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ज्वल्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अद्धिराः: Utathya, son of Aṅgiras (reading uncertain)
• अद्धिराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गिरस्-पुत्र (उतथ्य) (contextual; reading uncertain)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपिबत्: drank
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तेजसा: by (his) radiance/energy
• तेजसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वारि: water
• वारि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विष्टभ्य: having checked/held back, having made motionless
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + स्तभ्
• Form: क्त्वा/ल्यप् (absolutive; -भ्य form), prior action

• सुमहातपाः: of very great austerity
• सुमहातपाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-महा-तपस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Aṅgiras
• Utathya
• water (vāri)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical tension between spiritual power (tapas/tejas) and self-control: even a great ascetic can be driven by anger to use extraordinary power in a forceful, potentially harmful way, implying that mastery over krodha is integral to dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

After hearing Nārada’s statement, Utathya becomes enraged; empowered by his austerities, he restrains the waters and begins to drink them up through his tejas, demonstrating the formidable potency attributed to sages in epic narrative.