Shloka 15

Uttaṅka’s Petition for Madayantī’s Divine Earrings (Maṇikuṇḍala) — Agreement, Proof, and Vigilance

Devanagari script

उत्तडुक उवाच भवद्गतेन मनसा भवत्प्रियचिकीर्षया । भवद्धक्तिगतेनेह भवद्धावानुगेन च

Transliteration

uttaḍuka uvāca: bhavad-gatena manasā bhavat-priya-cikīrṣayā | bhavad-bhakti-gateneha bhavad-dhāvānugena ca ||

Translation

优陀杜迦说道：“尊师啊！我心恒系于您，只愿行您所喜之事；唯以您为归依，我留在此地侍奉左右，怀着坚定不移的眷恋追随您。沉浸于对您的虔敬之中，我既不求世间享乐，连衰老的到来也未曾察觉。纵然我在此居住已满百年，您仍未准许我归返故里。”

Word by Word

• उत्तङ्कः: Uttaṅka
• उत्तङ्कः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तङ्क
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• भवत्-गतेन: with (a mind) gone to you / fixed on you
• भवत्-गतेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भवत्-गत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• भवत्-प्रिय-चिकीर्षया: with the desire to do what is pleasing to you
• भवत्-प्रिय-चिकीर्षया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत्-प्रिय-चिकीर्षा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• भवत्-भक्ति-गतेन: with (a mind) absorbed in devotion to you
• भवत्-भक्ति-गतेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भवत्-भक्ति-गत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• भवत्-भाव-अनुगेन: following your disposition/intent; in accordance with your will
• भवत्-भाव-अनुगेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भवत्-भाव-अनुग
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

उत्तडुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Uttaḍuka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Single-pointed devotion expressed as sustained service: the speaker claims that dedication to the revered person (guru/elder) can eclipse worldly pleasures and even the awareness of time and aging, but also implies an ethical need for proper closure—permission to return home after fulfilling service.

What is happening in the narrative?

Uttaḍuka addresses his superior, explaining that he has spent a very long time (said to be a hundred years) serving with unwavering devotion and without seeking worldly comforts, and he laments that he has not yet been granted leave to go back home.