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Shloka 22

Karṇa’s Counsel on Śrī

Fortune) and the Proposed Display before the Exiled Pāṇḍavas (कर्णवचनम् / श्रीप्रदर्शन-प्रस्तावः

सम्मोहयतन्निवेमान्‌ स त्रीललोकान्‌ सचराचरान्‌ । तस्य त॑ निनदं श्रुत्वा महामेघौघनि:स्वनम्‌

sammohayatann imān sa trīl lokān sacarācarān | tasya ta ninadaṃ śrutvā mahāmeghaughaniḥsvanam |

Mārkaṇḍeya dit : «Par ce rugissement, il étourdissait les trois mondes, avec tout ce qui s’y meut et tout ce qui y demeure immobile. Entendant ce grondement, profond comme le fracas d’une immense masse de nuages d’orage, les grands éléphants Citrā et Airāvata accoururent. Skanda, flamboyant d’un éclat pareil au soleil, voyant ces deux éléphants s’approcher, les saisit de ses deux mains ; puis, tenant en une main sa śakti (lance) et, de l’autre, un coq puissant tout proche, au panache rouge et au corps vaste, le premier parmi les forts, le Kumāra aux grands bras poussa un cri terrible et se mit à jouer, portant ces êtres et ces armes, déployant une puissance divine irrésistible qui subjugue les mondes.»

सम्मोहयत्bewildered, stupefied
सम्मोहयत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootसम्+मुह् (धातु)
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
तान्them
तान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
इमान्these
इमान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
त्रीन्three
त्रीन्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
लोकान्worlds
लोकान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
सचराचरान्with moving and unmoving beings
सचराचरान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस-चर-अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
तस्यof him
तस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
निनदम्roar, sound
निनदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिनद (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
FormAbsolutive (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada (usage)
महामेघौघनिःस्वनम्having the sound of a mass of great clouds
महामेघौघनिःस्वनम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमहामेघ-ओघ-निःस्वन (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

M
Mārkaṇḍeya
S
Skanda (Kumāra)
C
Citrā (elephant)
A
Airāvata (elephant)
Ś
Śakti (spear)
K
Kukkuta (cock/rooster)
T
Three worlds (triloka)

Educational Q&A

The passage highlights the overwhelming potency of divine energy: when cosmic power manifests, ordinary beings—even across the three worlds—are shaken into stupefaction. Ethically, it cautions against pride in limited strength and invites reverence and humility before forces that uphold and regulate the cosmos.

Mārkaṇḍeya describes Skanda/Kumāra roaring with a thundercloud-like sound that stuns the three worlds. Hearing it, the great elephants Citrā and Airāvata rush in; Skanda, radiant like the sun, seizes them and, holding his spear and a mighty cock, roars again and sports—demonstrating his superhuman might.