Shloka 18

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 180 — Svayaṃvara-Virodha and Pāṇḍava Parākrama

Draupadī Episode

Devanagari script

आपोमया: सर्वरसा: सर्वमापोमयं जगत्‌ | तस्मादप्सु विमुञ्चेम॑ क्रोधाग्निं द्विजसत्तम

Transliteration

Ūrva uvāca |

āpomayāḥ sarvarasāḥ sarvam āpomayaṃ jagat |

tasmād apsu vimuñcema krodhāgniṃ dvijasattama ||

ye ca śaktyavarāḥ putrā vasiṣṭhasya mahāmune |

te ca sarve mudā yuktā modante sahitāḥ suraiḥ ||

Translation

Ūrva dit : «Toutes les saveurs naissent de l’eau ; et le monde entier est tenu pour une transformation de l’eau. C’est pourquoi, ô le meilleur des deux-fois-nés, relâche dans les eaux ce feu de colère. Et les fils du grand sage Vasiṣṭha, plus jeunes que Śakti — ô grand ascète —, tous, unis dans la joie, se réjouissent avec les dieux.»

Word by Word

• आपोमयाः: made of water
• आपोमयाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आपोमय
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वरसाः: all tastes/essences
• सर्वरसाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वरस
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वम्: all, the whole
• सर्वम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आपोमयम्: made of water
• आपोमयम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आपोमय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जगत्: world
• जगत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that reason
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (तद्)

• अप्सु: in the waters
• अप्सु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• विमुञ्च: release, cast off
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-मुच्
• Form: Imperative, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• क्रोधाग्निम्: fire of anger
• क्रोधाग्निम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोधाग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• द्विजसत्तम: O best of the twice-born
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ये: who, which
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शक्त्यवराः: younger than Śakti
• शक्त्यवराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्त्यवर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वसिष्ठस्य: of Vasiṣṭha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• महामुने: O great sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामुनि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• युक्ताः: endowed/connected
• युक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• मोदन्ते: rejoice, enjoy
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद्
• Form: Present, 3, Plural, Atmanepada

• सहिताः: together with, accompanied
• सहिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• सुरैः: with the gods
• सुरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

ऑर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ūrva (Aurva)
• Vasiṣṭha
• Śakti
• the sons of Vasiṣṭha (younger than Śakti)
• the gods (Suras)
• waters (Āpas)
• fire of anger (Krodhāgni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Anger is portrayed as a destructive fire; the ethical counsel is to cool and relinquish it—symbolically ‘cast it into water’—so that grief does not turn into vengeance and adharma. The verse also offers consolation by affirming the well-being of the departed among the gods.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ūrva addresses a revered twice-born sage, urging him to abandon burning wrath and to be consoled: the younger sons of Vasiṣṭha (younger than Śakti) are said to be joyfully dwelling with the gods.