Shloka 28

Kaurava Court Hears of the Pāṇḍavas’ Forest Hardship (वैचित्रवीर्यवंशीयस्य राज्ञः करुणाविचारः)

Devanagari script

समाहूतो हुतवह: सो<द्धुतः सूर्यमण्डलातू

Transliteration

samāhūto hutavahaḥ so 'ddhutaḥ sūryamaṇḍalāt

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya sprach: „Als Agni, der Träger der Opfergaben, rituell rechtmäßig angerufen wurde, erhob er sich — wundersam — aus der Sonnenscheibe.“

Word by Word

• समाहूतः: having been summoned/called
• समाहूतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-ह्वा (धातु) → समाहूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हुतवहः: Agni, the fire (carrier of oblations)
• हुतवहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुतवह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उद्धूतः: raised up / lifted up / sprung forth
• उद्धूतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्-धू (धातु) → उद्धूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सूर्यमण्डलात्: from the solar orb/disc
• सूर्यमण्डलात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्यमण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Agni (Hutavaha)
• Sūryamaṇḍala (solar orb)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the efficacy of proper invocation and the responsiveness of cosmic powers to disciplined ritual and spiritual authority, suggesting that divine forces operate within an ordered moral-cosmic framework rather than by mere chance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya narrates a miraculous event: upon being invoked, Agni (the fire-god) manifests dramatically, appearing as if rising out of the sun’s disc, underscoring the extraordinary, otherworldly setting of the episode.