Shloka 44

Śiva Grants the Pāśupata Astra (Pāśupata-Śastra Upadeśa) | शिवेन पाशुपतास्त्रदानम्

Devanagari script

देवकार्य तु सुमहत्‌ त्वया कार्यमरिंदम । आरोढ्व्यस्त्वया स्वर्ग: सज्जीभव महाद्युते,'शत्रुदमन! तुम्हें देवताओंका बड़ा भारी कार्य सिद्ध करना है। महाद्युते! तैयार हो जाओ तुम्हें स्वर्गलोकमें चलना है

Transliteration

devakāryaṁ tu sumahat tvayā kāryam ariṁdama | āroḍhavyas tvayā svargaḥ sajjībhava mahādyute ||

Translation

“O subduer of foes, a very great task for the gods must be accomplished by you. O mighty one, make yourself ready—you are to ascend to heaven.”

Word by Word

देवकार्यंa divine task (task of the gods)

तुbut/indeed

सुमहत्very great

त्वयाby you

कार्यम्is to be done / must be accomplished

अरिंदमO subduer of foes

आरोढव्यःto be ascended / to be mounted (i.e., to be gone up to)

त्वयाby you

स्वर्गःheaven

सज्जीभवbe ready / prepare yourself

महाद्युतेO great-splendored one

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Svarga (heaven)

Devas (the gods)

Unnamed addressee (ariṁdama, mahādyuti)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames personal effort as service to a higher, divinely aligned duty: when a righteous mission is entrusted, one should prepare oneself and accept the call, even if it leads beyond ordinary human experience (here, ascent to Svarga).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana reports that a hero addressed as “ariṁdama/mahādyuti” is being instructed that the gods have a major work to be accomplished through him, and that he must ready himself to go to Svarga.