Shloka 36

Cyavana’s Yogic Display and Kuśika’s Recognition of Tapas (च्यवन-योगप्रभावः कुशिकस्य तपःप्रशंसा च)

Devanagari script

हवींषि सर्वाणि यथा हुपभुड्धक्ते हुताशन: । एवं त्वमपि धर्मात्मन्‌ पुरुषाग्नि: प्रतापवान्‌

Transliteration

havīṁṣi sarvāṇi yathā hutabhug bhakṣate hutāśanaḥ | evaṁ tvam api dharmātman puruṣāgniḥ pratāpavān ||

Translation

Vyāsa nói: “Như thần Lửa, đấng thọ nhận lễ vật, thiêu nuốt mọi phẩm vật được dâng vào, cũng vậy, hỡi người có tâm hồn chính trực—mạnh mẽ, rực cháy như ‘ngọn lửa giữa loài người’—ngươi có thể thiêu sạch những lỗi lầm và tật xấu của chúng ta.”

Word by Word

• हवींषि: oblations
• हवींषि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• हुतभुक्: the oblation-eater (Fire)
• हुतभुक्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुतभुज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भुङ्क्ते: consumes
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• हुताशनः: Fire (the eater of offerings)
• हुताशनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुताशन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एवम्: thus, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• धर्मात्मन्: O righteous-souled one
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पुरुषाग्निः: a man who is (like) fire; fire-like person
• पुरुषाग्निः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषाग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतापवान्: mighty, radiant
• प्रतापवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्यवन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Agni (Hutabhuk/Hutāśana)
• havis (oblations)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A truly dharmic and powerful person is compared to sacrificial fire: as fire consumes offerings, such a person can ‘consume’ or burn away moral defects—through righteous authority, discipline, and purifying influence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa addresses a righteous, formidable figure and praises him with an Agni-simile, saying that he is like a human fire capable of destroying the listeners’ faults and vices.