Shloka 40
उत्पातदर्शनम् — Portents and Kāla among the Vṛṣṇis
Devanagari script
अविध्यान् विध्यते राजन प्रक्षिपन्ति सम यत् तृणम्
Transliteration
avidhyān vidhyate rājan prakṣipanti sama yat tṛṇam
Translation
Vaiśampāyana dijo: «Oh Rey, por ignorancia golpean lo que no debe ser golpeado; en su frenesí arrojan incluso la hierba común como si fuera un arma».
Word by Word
अविध्यान्the unpierceable ones / those not to be pierced
अविध्यान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअविध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
विध्यतेis pierced / is being pierced
विध्यते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootव्यध् (धातु)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Ātmanepada (passive sense)
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
प्रक्षिपन्तिthey throw / they cast
प्रक्षिपन्ति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-क्षिप् (धातु)
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
समम्equally / alike
समम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्which / what
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तृणम्grass / straw
तृणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतृण (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaJ
JanamejayaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Ignorance (avidyā) and loss of discernment make people misidentify what is harmless or improper to attack; once judgment collapses, even trivial things become instruments of harm, leading to self-destruction.
In the Mausala Parva’s account of the Yādavas’ end, Vaiśampāyana describes how, overcome by delusion and agitation, they lash out indiscriminately—so frenzied that they even seize and fling grass as though it were a weapon.