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देवनागरी
तस्मिंस् त्वयि किं वीर्यम् इत्य् अपीदं सर्वं दहेयं यद् इदं पृथिव्याम् इति ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
tasmiṃs tvayi kiṃ vīryam ity apīdaṃ sarvaṃ daheyaṃ yad idaṃ pṛthivyām iti ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
तस्मिन्tasminin such a one; in this
त्वयिtvayiin you; with you
किम्kimwhat; what kind of
वीर्यम्vīryampower; might, valour (vīrya); strength
इतिitithus; he asked
अपिapieven; and
इदम्idamthis; all this
सर्वम्sarvamall; entirely
दहेयम्daheyamI could burn (optative of √dah — 'to burn'); I would burn up; I am able to consume
यत् इदम्yat idamwhat is here; all that
पृथिव्याम्pṛthivyāmon the earth; in the earthly world
इतिitithus; he said
अनुवाद
"What power is in you?" — "I can burn everything there is on earth."
संस्करण
c517a608b116 · प्रकाशित 26 जुल॰ 2026, 7:28:41 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
kiṁ vīryam — "what is your power?" The Lord's second question: he who has named himself is invited to declare his measure. Agni's answer is in the superlative: apīdaṁ sarvaṁ daheyam — "I could burn up even all this that is on earth". Pride speaks in totals and in the word "everything"; it does not lie about the capacity — it lies about its source, saying "I can" where the truth is "it is given me".
The yakṣa does not argue and does not moralise. To "everything" he will answer with the smallest thing in the world — a blade of grass. The Lord's pedagogy is wordless and faultless: boasting is refuted not by a counter-statement but by a tiny fact.