Shloka 29

Karṇa’s Counsel on Śrī

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

Devanagari script

व्यलोकयदमेयात्मा मुखैर्नानाविधैर्दिश: । स पश्यन्‌ विविधान्‌ भावांश्वकार निनदं पुन:

Transliteration

vyalokayad ameyātmā mukhair nānāvidhair diśaḥ | sa paśyan vividhān bhāvān śvakāra ninadaṃ punaḥ ||

Translation

માર્કણ્ડેય બોલ્યા—અપરિમિત આંતરિક બળ ધરાવનાર સ્કન્દે પોતાના અનેક મુખોથી સર્વ દિશાઓ તરફ નજર કરી. વિવિધ ભાવો અને જીવસૃષ્ટિને જોઈ તેણે ફરી બાળસુલભ પરંતુ ભયંકર ગર્જના કરી; તે નિનાદથી જાણે જગત કંપી ઊઠ્યું.

Word by Word

• विलोकयत्: looked, observed
• विलोकयत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विलोक् (धातु: लोक् + वि)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अमेयात्मा: he whose self is immeasurable
• अमेयात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमेयात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुखैः: with (his) mouths/faces
• मुखैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• नानाविधैः: of various kinds
• नानाविधैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नानाविध
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• दिशः: the directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पश्यन्: seeing
• पश्यन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्यत् (धातु: दृश्)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विविधान्: various
• विविधान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भावान्: states/things/objects
• भावान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• चकार: made, did
• चकार: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• निनदम्: a roar/sound
• निनदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निनद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Skanda

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ambivalent human (and creaturely) response to overwhelming power: the divine can be simultaneously wondrous and terrifying. Ethically, it points to a common pattern in dharmic narratives—fear and disturbance can become a catalyst for seeking refuge in a higher, stabilizing authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes Skanda seated and surveying all directions with multiple faces. After observing the varied beings and conditions around him, Skanda emits a powerful roar again, emphasizing his extraordinary, world-shaking presence.