Shloka 6

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 53: Arjuna’s Jayadratha-vadha Pratijñā and Droṇa’s Protective Vyūha (शकटा-पद्म व्यूहः)

Devanagari script

रुद्र उ्वाच संहारार्थ प्रसीदस्व मा रुषो वसुधाधिप । मा प्रजा: स्थावराश्नैव जंगमाश्न व्यनीनश:

Transliteration

rudra uvāca saṁhārārthaṁ prasīdasva mā ruṣo vasudhādhipa | mā prajāḥ sthāvarāś caiva jaṅgamāś ca vyaniṇaś ||

Translation

قال رودرا: «تلطّفْ، يا ربَّ الأرض. لا تُسلِم نفسك للغضب طلبًا للهلاك. لا تُفْنِ المخلوقات، لا الساكنة منها ولا المتحركة».

Word by Word

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संहारार्थम्: for destruction (for the purpose of annihilation)
• संहारार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संहारार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रसीदस्व: be gracious; be appeased
• प्रसीदस्व: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Atmanepada

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• रुषः: be angry
• रुषः: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुष्
• Form: Imperative (prohibitive with मा), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वसुधाधिप: O lord of the earth (king)
• वसुधाधिप: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुधाधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• प्रजाः: creatures; subjects
• प्रजाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• स्थावराः: immobile (beings)
• स्थावराः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थावर
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• जङ्गमाः: moving (beings)
• जङ्गमाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जङ्गम
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• व्यनीनशः: you destroyed; you caused to perish
• व्यनीनशः: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + नश्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Vasudhādhipa (a king/lord of the earth)
• Prajāḥ (creatures/subjects)
• Sthāvara (immovable beings)
• Jaṅgama (moving beings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler must restrain anger and avoid destruction driven by wrath; dharma requires protecting all beings—both immovable and moving—rather than annihilating them.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rudra addresses a ‘lord of the earth’ and urges him to calm down, warning him not to pursue annihilation and not to destroy living beings of every kind.