Shloka 34

Devanagari script

जज्ञे शैलगुरु: प्रांशुर्महिम्ना प्रथित: प्रभु: । नित्यमुद्विजते चास्य तेजस: पाकशासन:,वे पर्वतके समान भारी और ऊँचे थे। अपनी महत्ताके लिये वे सामर्थ्यशाली मुनि सर्वत्र विख्यात थे। पाकशासन इन्द्र उनके तेजसे सदा उद्विग्न रहते थे

Transliteration

jajñe śailaguruḥ prāṁśur mahimnā prathitaḥ prabhuḥ | nityam udvijate cāsya tejasaḥ pākaśāsanaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana dit : «Naquit Śailaguru—haut comme une montagne, puissant seigneur, renommé partout pour sa grandeur. Et à cause de l’ardeur de sa puissance spirituelle, Pākaśāsana (Indra) demeurait sans cesse inquiet et craintif.»

Word by Word

जज्ञेwas born / came into being

शैलगुरुःthe mountain-like heavy one / (lit.) mountain-heavy

प्रांशुःtall, lofty

महिम्नाby (his) greatness

प्रथितःrenowned, famous

प्रभुःmighty one, lord

नित्यम्always

उद्विजतेis anxious / is alarmed

चand

अस्यof him / his

तेजसःfrom (his) splendor / because of (his) radiance

पाकशासनःPākaśāsana (Indra)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Śailaguru

Pākaśāsana (Indra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral and cosmic weight of ascetic ‘tejas’: spiritual discipline can generate a power that even gods must respect, reminding rulers (divine or human) that authority is not merely positional but must reckon with inner virtue and tapas.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana describes the birth and stature of the sage Śailaguru—towering and widely renowned—and notes that Indra (Pākaśāsana) is continually unsettled by the sage’s formidable radiance and influence.