Shloka 28

Gandhamādana-praveśa and the Sudden Storm (गन्धमादनप्रवेशः — चण्डवातवर्षवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

तस्यैतदस्थिसंघातं मायाविनिहतस्य वै । इदं द्वितीयमपरं विष्णो: कर्म प्रकाशते,इस प्रकार मायाद्वारा मारे गये उस दैत्यकी हड्डियोंका यह समूह दिखायी देता है। अब मैं भगवान्‌ विष्णुका यह दूसरा पराक्रम बता रहा हूँ, जो सर्वत्र प्रकाशमान है

Transliteration

tasyaitad asthi-saṅghātaṃ māyā-vinihatasya vai | idaṃ dvitīyam aparaṃ viṣṇoḥ karma prakāśate ||

Translation

Inilah tumpukan tulang belulang makhluk yang benar-benar dibinasakan oleh daya māyā. Sekarang akan kuceritakan perbuatan Viṣṇu yang lain, yang kedua—sebuah laku agung yang termasyhur dan nyata di segala penjuru.

Word by Word

तस्यof him/its

एतत्this

अस्थि-संघातम्heap/mass of bones

मायाविनाby the illusionist (one possessing māyā)

निहतस्यof the slain

वैindeed

इदम्this

द्वितीयम्second

अपरम्another

विष्णोःof Viṣṇu

कर्मdeed, act

प्रकाशतेshines forth, becomes manifest

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Viṣṇu

asthi-saṅghāta (heap of bones)

māyā (illusion)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames Viṣṇu’s deeds as universally manifest and worthy of recounting, implying that divine power operates to reveal and uphold dharma; even the remnants of a foe (a heap of bones) become testimony to the triumph of higher order over deceptive or unrighteous force.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker points to visible evidence—the pile of bones of one slain through māyā—and then transitions to narrate another celebrated exploit of Viṣṇu, signaling a sequence of divine feats being recounted.