संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
प्रीतः अस्मि ते अनेन स्तोत्रेणprītaḥ asmi te anena stotreṇa"I am pleased with you for this hymn of praise"
किं ते प्रियं करवाणिkiṃ te priyaṃ karavāṇi"What may I do that would please you?"
नागाः मे वशम् ईयुःnāgāḥ me vaśam īyuḥ"Let the serpents come under my power"
एतम् अश्वम् अपाने धमस्वetam aśvam apāne dhamasva"Blow into this horse from behind (through its rear passage)"
अश्वात् धम्यमानात् सर्व-स्रोतोभ्यः सधूमाः अर्चिषः अग्नेः निष्पेतुःaśvāt dhamyamānāt sarva-srotobhyaḥ sadhūmāḥ arciṣaḥ agneḥ niṣpetuḥfrom the horse into which he blew, smoky tongues of fire poured out from every orifice
नाग-लोकः धूपितःnāga-lokaḥ dhūpitaḥthe world of serpents was wrapped in smoke
तक्षकः अग्नि-तेजः-भय-विषण्णः ते कुण्डले गृहीत्वा निष्क्रम्यtakṣakaḥ agni-tejaḥ-bhaya-viṣaṇṇaḥ te kuṇḍale gṛhītvā niṣkramyaTakshaka, in terror of the fire's heat, seized the earrings and ran out
एते कुण्डले प्रतिगृह्णातु भवान्ete kuṇḍale pratigṛhṇātu bhavān"Accept, sir, these earrings"
कुण्डले प्रतिगृह्य अचिन्तयत्kuṇḍale pratigṛhya acintayathaving accepted the earrings, he thought
अद्य तत् पुण्यकम् उपाध्यायिन्याः दूरं च अहम् अभ्यागतःadya tat puṇyakam upādhyāyinyāḥ dūraṃ ca aham abhyāgataḥ"Today is that sacred rite of the teacher's wife, and I have gone so far away"
कथं नु खलु संभावयेयम्kathaṃ nu khalu saṃbhāvayeyam"How indeed shall I make it in time?"
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The denouement reveals the highest law of spiritual life: by his own strength the devotee reaches a limit, but the decisive help descends from above. Uttanka praised the serpents — in vain; only when he had glorified the higher god (Indra, and behind him the Lord Himself) and won his favor did the impossible come to pass. The comely man is Indra, the longtime friend of Uttanka's guru, who had invisibly watched over him (he was also the man on the bull who had given him nectar). The horse belching fire is Agni, and the whole deliverance is the fruit of divine grace answering devotion. Thus scripture affirms: the devotee's effort is necessary, but the fruit is granted by grace from above. Takshaka, the proud thief, is humbled not by Uttanka's strength but by the divine fire. And note Uttanka's humility: having won the earrings, he does not exult but worries only about how to fulfill the guru's will in time — for a true servant even victory is not an end in itself but only a means of service to the teacher.