Shloka 826

Duryodhana’s Śaraṇāgati and the Pāṇḍavas’ Resolve

Gandharva Encounter

Devanagari script

तमुद्यतगिरिं राजन्‌ व्यद्रवन्त दिवौकस: । राजन! बादलोंसे घिरे हुए सूर्यकी भाँति पर्वत उठाये हुए उस दानवको देखकर सब देवता भाग चले

Transliteration

tam udyatagiriṁ rājan vyadravanta divaukasaḥ |

Translation

হে ৰাজন! মেঘে আৱৃত সূৰ্যৰ দৰে পৰ্বত তুলি আগবাঢ়ি অহা সেই দানৱক দেখি সকলো দেৱ ভয়ত ব্যাকুল হৈ পলাই গ’ল।

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उद्यतगिरिम्: one having a raised mountain / mountain-uplifter
• उद्यतगिरिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्यतगिरि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• व्यद्रवन्त: ran away/fled
• व्यद्रवन्त: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• दिवौकसः: the dwellers of heaven (gods)
• दिवौकसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवौकस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• rājan (the king addressed)
• divaukasaḥ (the gods)
• dānava (demon, implied by context)
• giri (mountain)
• sūrya (sun, in simile)
• bādala/megha (clouds, in simile)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how overwhelming adharma-driven power can induce fear even in the mighty; it implicitly points to the need for steadfastness and the restoration of cosmic order when intimidation disrupts dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that the gods, seeing a demon approaching while holding a mountain aloft—compared to the cloud-covered sun—panic and flee.