Shloka 37

Arjuna meets the Lokapālas, is tested by Indra, and is led to Amarāvatī for astra-śikṣā

Indraloka-gamana

Devanagari script

ततः स्वेदक्लमौ तन्‍्द्री ग्लानिश्व भजते नरान्‌ । प्राणिभि: सतत स्वप्नो हाभीक्षणं च निषेव्यते

Transliteration

tataḥ svedaklamau tandrī glāniś ca bhajate narān | prāṇibhiḥ satataṃ svapno hy abhīkṣṇaṃ ca niṣevyate ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: «ثم إن العَرَقَ والإعياء، والنعاسَ والفتورَ، تُصيبُ الناسَ. وبين الكائنات الحيّة يُلازَمُ النومُ على الدوام، ويُؤتى إليه مرارًا وتكرارًا.»

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: Avyaya

• स्वेद: sweat
• स्वेद: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वेद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular (in compound)

• क्लमौ: fatigue/exhaustion
• क्लमौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual (in compound)

• तन्द्राम्: drowsiness
• तन्द्राम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तन्द्रा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular (in compound)

• ग्लानिम्: languor/weakness
• ग्लानिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्लानि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular (in compound)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

• भजते: befalls/affects/attends
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada

• नरान्: men/people
• नरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्राणिभिः: by living beings
• प्राणिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सततम्: constantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत
• Form: Avyaya (adverbial accusative)

• स्वप्नः: sleep
• स्वप्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ह: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह
• Form: Avyaya (emphatic particle)

• अभीक्षणम्: repeatedly/often
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभीक्षण
• Form: Avyaya (adverbial accusative)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

• निषेव्यते: is resorted to/indulged in
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-सेव्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada (passive-like sense: 'is resorted to')

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• human beings (narāḥ)
• living creatures (prāṇinaḥ)
• sleep (svapna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how beings are conditioned by ṛtu (season) and kāla (time): when cosmic conditions shift, vitality declines and lethargy and sleep increase. Ethically, it encourages recognizing natural limits and aligning conduct with time and circumstance rather than forcing the body against the order of nature.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is describing the observable effects on humans and other creatures as the sun’s course changes (as elaborated in the surrounding passage): sweating, fatigue, drowsiness, and languor arise, and creatures repeatedly fall into sleep.