Shloka 34

सुवर्णष्ठीविनोपाख्यानम्

The Account of Suvarṇaṣṭhīvin

Devanagari script

हत्वा तु राजपुत्र स तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । शार्टूलो देवराजस्य माययान्तर्हितस्तदा

Transliteration

hatvā tu rājaputra sa tatraivāntaradhīyata | śārṭūlo devarājasya māyayāntarhitas tadā ||

Translation

Nachdem er den Prinzen getötet hatte, verschwand er an eben dieser Stelle. Da wurde Śārṭūla, durch die māyā Indras, des Götterkönigs, verhüllt, unsichtbar.

Word by Word

• हत्वा: having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• राजपुत्रम्: the king's son/prince
• राजपुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• एव: just/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अन्तर्धीयत: disappeared/vanished
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्धा + इ (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• शार्टूलः: Śārṭūla (a person named so)
• शार्टूलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शार्टूल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवराजस्य: of the king of the gods (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मायया: by (his) magic/illusion
• मायया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• अन्तर्हितः: hidden/vanished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्हित (√धा with अन्तर्-; past passive participle)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then/at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

पर्वत उवाच

Characters & Entities

• rājaputra (the prince)
• Śārṭūla
• devarāja (Indra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how māyā and divine agency can obscure the visible chain of cause and effect after an act of violence, urging caution in moral judgment and emphasizing the complexity of assigning blame and administering justice when higher powers intervene.

What is happening in the narrative?

A prince is killed, and immediately afterward the killer disappears on the spot. The text explains that Śārṭūla was made invisible through the magical power (māyā) of the king of the gods, Indra.