Shloka 231

Devanagari script

ततो देवो गिरिशो वज्रपारणिं विवृत्य नेत्रे कुपितो5भ्युवाच । दरीमेतां प्रविश त्वं शतक्रतो यन्मां बाल्यादवमंस्था: पुरस्तात्‌

Transliteration

tato devo giriśo vajrapāraṇiṁ vivṛtya netre kupito ’bhyuvāca | darīm etāṁ praviśa tvaṁ śatakrato yan māṁ bālyād avamaṁsthāḥ purastāt ||

Translation

Alors le dieu Girīśa (Śiva), ouvrant les yeux, s’adressa avec colère à Vajrapāṇi (Indra) : « Ô Śatakratu, entre dans cette caverne, puisque depuis ton enfance tu m’as méprisé et insulté en face. »

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गिरिशः: Giriśa (Śiva, lord of mountains)
• गिरिशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वज्रपाणिम्: Vajrapāṇi (Indra, 'he whose hand has the thunderbolt')
• वज्रपाणिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्रपाणि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विवृत्य: having opened
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Parasmaipada/Atmanepada (absolutive, voice-neutral)

• नेत्रे: the two eyes
• नेत्रे: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Dual

• कुपितः: angered
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुपित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभ्युवाच: said to, addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√वच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दरीम्: cave, cleft
• दरीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दरी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• एताम्: this
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रविश: enter
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√विश्
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• शतक्रतो: O Śatakratu (Indra, 'of a hundred rites')
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतक्रतु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यत्: because/that (which)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• बाल्यात्: from childhood
• बाल्यात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल्य
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अवमंस्थाः: you insulted, you slighted
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-√मन्थ्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुरस्तात्: formerly; in front
• पुरस्तात्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस्तात्

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Girīśa (Śiva)
• Vajrapāṇi (Indra)
• Śatakratu (Indra)
• darī (cave/cavern)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical consequence of arrogance and disrespect: even powerful beings like Indra are held accountable for slighting others, especially a higher divine authority. It underscores humility and restraint in speech and conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa narrates that Śiva (Girīśa), angered, opens his eyes and confronts Indra (Vajrapāṇi/Śatakratu), commanding him to enter a cave as a response to Indra’s long-standing disrespect shown since childhood.