Shloka 11

अर्जुनस्य लक्ष्यवेधः

Arjuna’s Hitting of the Target at the Svayaṃvara

Devanagari script

इच्छन्नपचितिं कर्तु भूगूणां भूगुनन्दन: । सर्वलोकविनाशाय तपसा महतैधित:

Transliteration

icchann apacitiṁ kartuṁ bhṛgūṇāṁ bhṛgunandanaḥ | sarvalokavināśāya tapasā mahataidhitaḥ ||

Translation

ভৃগুবংশৰ আনন্দস্বৰূপ সেই কুমাৰে ভৃগুসকলক যথোচিত সন্মান আৰু প্ৰতিদান দিবলৈ ইচ্ছা কৰি সকলো লোক ধ্বংস কৰাৰ সংকল্প কৰিলে; আৰু মহাতপস্যাৰে নিজৰ শক্তি অত্যন্ত বৃদ্ধি কৰিলে।

Word by Word

• इच्छन्: wishing, desiring
• इच्छन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (इच्छ्)
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपचितिम्: reverence, honoring (repayment of respect)
• अपचितिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपचिति
• Form: स्त्री, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कर्तुम्: to do, to perform
• कर्तुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• भृगूणाम्: of the Bhṛgus
• भृगूणाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु
• Form: पुं, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• भृगुनन्दनः: the delight/son of Bhṛgu (Bhārgava)
• भृगुनन्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु-नन्दन
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सर्वलोकविनाशाय: for the destruction of all worlds
• सर्वलोकविनाशाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-लोक-विनाश
• Form: पुं, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: नपुं, तृतीया, एकवचन

• महतā: great, mighty
• महतā: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: नपुं, तृतीया, एकवचन

• एधितः: grown, increased, strengthened
• एधितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: एध्
• Form: क्त (भूतकृदन्त), पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)
• भृगु (Bhṛgu)
• भृगवः/भृगूणाम् (the Bhṛgu lineage)
• भृगुनन्दन (Bhṛgunandana—Paraśurāma)
• सर्वलोक (all worlds/peoples)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse warns that even a motive framed as honoring ancestors (apaciti) can become ethically dangerous when it turns into totalizing revenge. Tapas amplifies intention; when the intention is destructive, spiritual power risks becoming a force against dharma and the welfare of the world.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha describes the Bhṛgu-descended hero (Paraśurāma) undertaking severe austerities to increase his power, driven by a desire to repay the Bhṛgus—interpreted as honoring slain ancestors and/or avenging their killing—leading him toward a vow of widespread destruction.