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Shloka 57

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

अश्वत्थामाने कहा--भगवन्‌! आज मैं आंगिरस कुलमें उत्पन्न हुए अपने शरीरकी प्रज्वलित अग्निमें आहुति देता हूँ। आप मुझे हविष्यरूपमें ग्रहण कीजिये ।।

bhavadbhaktyā mahādeva parameṇa samādhinā | asyām āpadi viśvātmann upākurmi tavāgrataḥ ||

Aśvatthāmā thưa: “Bạch Thế Tôn! Hôm nay, thân này—sinh trong dòng Aṅgirasa—xin làm lễ vật, ném vào ngọn lửa rực cháy của chính mình. Xin Ngài thâu nhận con như havisya (vật hiến tế).” Với lòng sùng kính dâng lên Mahādeva, với định lực tối thượng, hỡi Tự Ngã của vũ trụ, trong cơn tai biến này con xin dâng lễ trước Ngài—lấy chính thân con làm vật hiến.

भवद्भक्त्याby devotion to you
भवद्भक्त्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभवत् + भक्ति
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
महादेवO Mahādeva
महादेव:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootमहादेव
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
परमेणwith the supreme
परमेण:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
समाधिनाmeditation, concentration
समाधिना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसमाधि
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
अस्याम्in this
अस्याम्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
आपदिin calamity, in distress
आपदि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootआपद्
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
विश्वात्मन्O Soul of the universe
विश्वात्मन्:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootविश्वात्मन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
उपाकुर्मिI offer, I present (as an oblation/service)
उपाकुर्मि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootउप + कृ
FormPresent, First, Singular, Parasmaipada
तवto you / of you
तव:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
अग्रतःin front (of), before
अग्रतः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअग्रतः

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
M
Mahādeva (Śiva)
V
Viśvātman (epithet of Śiva)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how, in extreme distress, a warrior may turn to intense devotion and single-pointed concentration to seek divine intervention; it also implicitly questions the ethics of seeking sacred power after grievous wrongdoing, showing the tension between ritual piety and moral accountability.

In the Sauptika episode’s aftermath, the narration presents a prayer-like offering to Śiva (Mahādeva), where the speaker (contextually tied to Aśvatthāmā’s desperate situation) declares an oblation before the deity, signaling a last resort for protection or power amid a dire crisis.