Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 8

बदरपाचन-तीर्थमाहात्म्यम् | Badarapācana Tīrtha Māhātmya

Indratīrtha and the Austerities of Srucāvatī & Arundhatī

Devanagari script

समुद्रोडयं तव वशे भविष्यति नदीपति: । सोमेन सार्थ च तव हानिवृद्धी भविष्यत:

Transliteration

samudroḍayaṁ tava vaśe bhaviṣyati nadīpatiḥ | somena sārtha ca tava hānivṛddhī bhaviṣyataḥ ||

Translation

বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন—নদীপতি সমুদ্র তার জোয়ার-ভাটাসহ তোমার বশে থাকবে। আর সোম (চন্দ্র)-এর সঙ্গে তোমার হানি ও বৃদ্ধি—ক্ষয় ও সমৃদ্ধি—তোমার অধীনেই থাকবে॥

Word by Word

• समुद्रः: the ocean
• समुद्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उदयम्: rise, rising
• उदयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तव: of you, your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• वशे: in (your) control, under sway
• वशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be, will become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular

• नदीपतिः: lord of rivers (ocean)
• नदीपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदीपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सोमेन: with Soma / by Soma
• सोमेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सार्थम्: together, along with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्थम्

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तव: of you, your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• हानि-वृद्धी: loss and increase
• हानि-वृद्धी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हानि + वृद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Dual

• भविष्यतः: will be (the two will be)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Dual

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Samudra (Ocean)
• Soma (Moon)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames sovereignty as mastery over fluctuation: even forces that naturally wax and wane—tides and the Moon’s cycles, symbolic of gain and loss—are presented as subject to disciplined control, implying steadiness amid changing fortune.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a prophetic assurance or blessing addressed to a person of power: the ocean’s tides and the alternating conditions of prosperity and decline (linked with Soma’s waxing and waning) are declared to be under that person’s command.