Shloka 28

Kālayavana’s Rise, Dvārakā’s Founding, and Muchukunda’s Awakening (Śaraṇāgati & Brahman-Stuti)

Devanagari script

तथा हि सुमहत् तेजो नालं सोढुम् अहं तव तथा हि सजलाम्भोदनादधीरतरं तव वाक्यं नमति चैवोर्वी युष्मत्पादप्रपीडिता

Transliteration

tathā hi sumahat tejo nālaṃ soḍhum ahaṃ tava tathā hi sajalāmbhodanādadhīrataraṃ tava vākyaṃ namati caivorvī yuṣmatpādaprapīḍitā

Translation

确实，您的光辉浩大无比，我难以承受；您的言音比满载雨水的雷云更为沉雄压倒。连大地也在您足下受压而俯伏。

Word by Word

• तथा: thus/so
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/उपपत्ति-बोधक (thus/so)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय (emphatic/for)

• सुमहत्: very great
• सुमहत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• तेजः: splendor; radiance
• तेजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• अलम्: able/enough
• अलम्: Sambandha (Predicate particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अलम् (अव्यय)
• Form: पर्याप्ति-अव्यय (enough/able)

• सोढुम्: to endure
• सोढुम्: Karma (Object of ability/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सह्/सह् (धातु; √सह् ‘to endure’) + तुमुन्
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), ‘to endure/bear’

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति-प्रकार (thus)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय

• सजलाम्भोदनाद: than the thunder of water-laden clouds
• सजलाम्भोदनाद: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स-जल + अम्भोद + नाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सजलः अम्भोदः ‘water-laden cloud’ तस्य नादः ‘thunder’), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• अधीरतरम्: more impetuous/less steady
• अधीरतरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधीरतर (प्रातिपदिक; अधीर + तर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तर्तम-प्रत्यय (comparative)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वाक्यम्: speech; word
• वाक्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नमति: bows/bends
• नमति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis)

• उर्वी: earth
• उर्वी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उर्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• युष्मत्पादप्रपीडिता: pressed down by your feet
• युष्मत्पादप्रपीडिता: Visheshana (Qualifier of उर्वी/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युष्मत् + पाद + प्र-पीडित (कृदन्त; √पीड्)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (युष्मत्पादेन प्रपीडिता), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle)

Speaker

A humbled deity/being addressing the Supreme Lord (Vishnu) in reverence

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Earth (Bhūmi/Urvī)

FAQs

What is the significance of divine radiance (tejas) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents tejas as a marker of Vishnu’s supreme status—so overwhelming that even exalted beings cannot bear it, indicating transcendence and unmatched sovereignty.

How does the Vishnu Purana portray universal order through the Lord’s speech (vākya)?

The verse compares Vishnu’s words to a thunderous, rain-heavy cloud—irresistible and commanding—showing that cosmic stability follows the Supreme Lord’s decree.

What is the theological importance of Earth bowing under Vishnu’s feet in this context?

It symbolizes total submission of the cosmos to Vishnu: Bhūmi herself yields to his pāda-prabhāva, reinforcing Vaishnava doctrine that all realms rest under and obey the Supreme.