Shloka 16

Jājali–Tulādhāra-saṃvāda: Yajña, Vṛtti, and Ātma-tīrtha (जाजलि-तुलाधार-संवादः)

Devanagari script

तस्य रोषान्महाराज खेभ्योअग्निरुदतिष्ठत । तेन सर्वा दिशो राजन्‌ ददाह स पितामह:

Transliteration

tasya roṣān mahārāja khebhyo 'gnir udatīṣṭhata | tena sarvā diśo rājan dadāha sa pitāmahaḥ ||

Translation

那罗陀说道：“大王啊，由于他的忿怒，从诸根门窍之中迸出烈火。凭此火焰，王啊，祖父神开始焚烧四方诸界。”

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that (king)
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• रोषात्: from anger
• रोषात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोष
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• खेभ्यः: from the sense-organs/eye-sockets (lit. 'spaces')
• खेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Plural

• अग्निः: fire
• अग्निः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उदतिष्ठत: arose, sprang forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (उत् + स्था)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तेन: by that (fire)
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सर्वाः: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ददाह: burned, scorched
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पितामहः: the Grandsire (Brahmā)
• पितामहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Agni (fire)
• Diśaḥ (the directions/quarters)
• Mahārāja/Rājan (the king addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse warns that anger (roṣa), when unchecked, can unleash destructive force even from a venerable source; ethical strength lies in restraint and the governance of inner impulses.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes a moment when Brahmā, provoked by wrath, manifests fire from the openings of his sense-organs, and with it begins to scorch the quarters—portraying a cosmic-scale consequence of rage.