Shloka 38

Devanagari script

तथा पुरुषशार्दूल मानुषाश्न परंतप | सहस्रशो हायुतशो वर्धन्ते सलिलं यथा,शत्रुओंको संताप देनेवाले नरश्रेष्ठ जैसे बरसातमें पानी बढ़ता है, उसी प्रकार मनुष्य भी हजार एवं दस हजार गुनी संख्यामें बढ़ने लगे

Transliteration

tathā puruṣaśārdūla mānuṣāś ca parantapa | sahasraśo hy āyutaśo vardhante salilaṃ yathā ||

Translation

লোমশ ক’লে—হে পুৰুষশাৰ্দূল, পৰন্তপ! বৰ্ষাকালত যেনেকৈ পানী বাঢ়ে, তেনেকৈ মানুহো হাজাৰে আৰু দহ-হাজাৰে বৃদ্ধি পাবলৈ ধৰিলে।

Word by Word

तथाthus, in the same way

पुरुषशार्दूलO tiger among men

मानुषाःmen, humans

परंतपO scorcher of foes

सहस्रशःby thousands, in thousands

अयुतशःby tens of thousands

वर्धन्तेincrease, grow

सलिलम्water

यथाas, just as

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lomasa

puruṣaśārdūla (addressed hero, unnamed in the verse)

parantapa (addressed hero, unnamed in the verse)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses a natural simile—rain-swollen waters—to convey the rapid, almost inevitable increase of human population, suggesting growth as a powerful, cyclical force within the world’s order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lomasa continues a descriptive account, addressing a heroic listener and explaining that people began to multiply in vast numbers, likened to the seasonal swelling of water during the rains.