Shloka 1.4Unverified draft
आत्मवान्को जितक्रोधो द्युतिमान्कोऽनसूयक: । कस्य बिभ्यति देवाश्च जातरोषस्य संयुगे ।।1.1.4।।
Meaning
Who has mastered himself and his anger, is radiant and free of envy, and whose battle-wrath even the gods dread and flee before?
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| ātmavān | आत्मवान् | self-composed | Nominative singular — possessive adjective ("-vat" suffix) |
| kaḥ | कः | who is | Nominative singular — epithet/adjective |
| jita krodhaḥ | जित क्रोधः | one with controlled ire | Compound phrase |
| dyutimān | द्युतिमान् | brilliant one | Nominative singular — possessive adjective ("-vat" suffix) |
| anasūyakaḥ | अनसूयकः | not jealous | Nominative singular — epithet/adjective |
| kaḥ | कः | who is | Nominative singular — epithet/adjective |
| jāta roṣasya | जात रोषस्य | with anger born | Compound phrase |
| kasya | कस्य | of whom | Genitive singular |
| saṃyuge | संयुगे | in war | Locative singular |
| devāḥ ca | देवाः च | gods even | Compound phrase |
| bibhyati | बिभ्यति | are afraid | Verb |
Scholar commentary
IIT Kanpur English Commentary
Modern synthesis of traditional Sanskrit commentaries (Desiraju Hanumanta Rao & K.M.K. Murthy)
(Commentary on this passage spans shlokas 3-6 as a unit -- see the note under shloka 6, which contains the full discussion.)
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.1.4 · Bāla Kāṇḍa