Shloka 12

Aśvatthāmā’s Stuti of Rudra and Śiva’s Empowerment (सौप्तिकपर्व, अध्याय ७)

Devanagari script

इमां चेदापदं घोरां तराम्यद्य सुदुष्कराम्‌ । सर्वभूतोपहारेण यक्ष्येडहं शुचिना शुचिम्‌

Transliteration

imāṁ ced āpadaṁ ghorāṁ tarāmy adya suduṣkarām | sarvabhūtopahāreṇa yakṣye 'haṁ śucinā śucim ||

Translation

Sañjaya nói: “Nếu hôm nay ta có thể vượt qua tai ương ghê rợn này—vốn cực kỳ khó bề thoát khỏi—thì với tấm lòng thanh tịnh, ta sẽ phụng thờ Đấng Tối Thanh, dâng lễ vật đã được thánh hóa, bao trùm muôn loài.”

Word by Word

• {'imām': 'this (feminine accusative singular)', 'cet': 'if', 'āpadaṁ': 'calamity, crisis, misfortune', 'ghorām': 'terrible, dreadful', 'tarāmi': 'I cross over, I overcome', 'adya': 'today, now', 'suduṣkarām': 'very difficult to accomplish/overcome', 'sarvabhūta': 'all beings, all creatures', 'upahāreṇa': 'by/with an offering, gift, oblation', 'yakṣye': 'I shall worship/sacrifice (future of √yaj)', 'aham': 'I', 'śucinā': 'with purity

• by one who is pure (instrumental)', 'śucim': 'the Pure One

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• śuci (the Pure One; the supremely pure Lord)
• sarvabhūta (all beings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In the face of extreme danger, the speaker frames survival as a moral occasion for gratitude and purification: overcoming calamity should lead to a vow of worship performed with inner cleanliness and an offering oriented toward the welfare of all beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a resolve made amid a terrifying, nearly unsurvivable crisis: if he can get through the present peril, he will perform worship (yaj-like devotion) to the supremely pure Lord, presenting an offering described as connected with or inclusive of all creatures.