Shloka 59

इन्द्रस्य पाण्डवैः समागमः

Indra’s Meeting with the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

न्यछीवदाकाशगतो महर्षेस्तस्य मूर्थनि । स कोपान्मामुवाचेदं दिश: सर्वा दहन्निव,राजन! उन्हें देखकर ही मेरे एक मित्र राक्षसराज श्रीमणिमानने मूर्खता, अज्ञान, अभिमान एवं मोहके कारण आकाशसे उन महर्षिके मस्तकपर थूक दिया। तब वे क्रोधसे मानो सारी दिशाओंको दग्ध करते हुए मुझसे इस प्रकार बोले---

Transliteration

nyacchīvad ākāśagato maharṣes tasya mūrdhani | sa kopān mām uvācedaṃ diśaḥ sarvā dahann iva |

Translation

O king, seeing those sages, my friend—Śrīmaṇimān, the rākṣasa-king—through folly, ignorance, pride, and delusion, rose into the sky and spat upon the head of that great seer. Enraged, the sage then addressed me, as though his wrath were scorching all the directions.

Word by Word

न्यछीवत्spat (down)

आकाशगतःgone into the sky; being in the sky

महर्षेःof the great sage

तस्यof him

मूर्धनिon (his) head

सःhe

कोपात्from anger; out of wrath

माम्me

उवाचsaid; spoke

इदम्this

दिशःthe directions

सर्वाःall

दहन्burning

इवas if; like

राजन्O king

Speaker

धनेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhaneśvara (speaker)

Mahārṣi (the great seer)

Śrīmaṇimān (rākṣasa-king)

Rājan (the king addressed)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes