Shloka 27
Devanagari script
मर्द नामाहुतिमयं व्यादितास्यं महामुनि: । तस्य दन्तसहस््रं तु बभूव शतयोजनम्
Transliteration
marda nāmāhutimayaṃ vyāditāsyaṃ mahāmuniḥ | tasya dantahasraṃ tu babhūva śatayojanam ||
Translation
મહામુનિએ આહુતિમય ‘મર્દ/મદ’ નામનું સત્ત્વ ઉત્પન્ન કર્યું; તે મોં ફાડીને ઊભું રહ્યું. તેના હજાર દાંત હતા અને તે સો યોજન ઊંચા હતા।
Word by Word
मर्दःMad (name of the being)
मर्दः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमर्द (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नामname
नाम:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आहुतिमयम्consisting of oblations
आहुतिमयम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootआहुति-मय (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
व्यादितास्यम्with mouth wide open
व्यादितास्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootव्यादित-आस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
महामुनिःthe great sage
महामुनिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहामुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तस्यof him/its
तस्य:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
दन्तसहस्रम्a thousand teeth
दन्तसहस्रम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदन्त-सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
बभूवbecame/was
बभूव:
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
शतयोजनम्a hundred yojanas (in extent)
शतयोजनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशत-योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
च्यवन उवाच
Characters & Entities
C
Cyavana (Chyavana)M
Mahāmuni (the great sage; contextually Cyavana)M
Marda (Mad/Marda, the being produced by oblation)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The episode underscores that tapas and righteous ritual power can restrain even the gods; pride and coercion invite corrective consequences, while dharma-backed austerity commands moral authority.
A great sage performs an oblation into fire and produces a terrifying being named Marda, described with an enormous gaping mouth and colossal teeth—an omen-like force meant to threaten and subdue divine opposition (notably Indra in the broader passage).