Shloka 37

Adhyāya 283: Varṇa-vṛtti, Nyāya-ārjana, and the Decline-and-Restoration of Dharma (वर्णवृत्तिः न्यायार्जनं च)

Devanagari script

तेन शब्देन महता त्रस्तास्तत्र दिवौकस:,उस महाभयंकर कोलाहलसे उस यज्ञमें पधारे हुए समस्त देवता व्याकुल हो उठे। पर्वत टूक-टूक होकर बिखर गये। धरती डोलने लगी, आँधी चलने लगी और समुद्रमें तूफान आ गया

Transliteration

tena śabdena mahatā trastās tatra divaukasaḥ

Translation

Dakṣa said: “Struck by that tremendous sound, the gods who had assembled there for the sacrifice were thrown into panic. The uproar was so terrifying that mountains seemed to shatter and scatter, the earth began to tremble, violent winds arose, and the ocean was churned into a storm.”

Word by Word

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• शब्देन: by the sound/noise
• शब्देन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• महता: great, loud
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• त्रस्ताः: frightened
• त्रस्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रस् (धातु) → त्रस्त (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

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

Speaker

दक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• divaukasaḥ (the gods/devas)
• yajña (sacrifice; implied by context)
• parvata (mountains; in the accompanying narrative gloss)
• pṛthivī (earth; in the accompanying narrative gloss)
• samudra (ocean; in the accompanying narrative gloss)