Shloka 8

उच्चैःश्रवसः वर्णविपणः तथा नागशापः

Uccaiḥśravas Color-Wager and the Nāga Curse

Devanagari script

अथ पर्वतराजानं तमनन्तो महाबल: । उज्जहार बलाद्‌ ब्रह्मनू सवनं सवनौकसम्‌,ब्रह्म! फिर तो महाबली अनन्तने जोर लगाकर गिरिराज मन्दराचलको वन और वनवासी जन्तुओंसहित उखाड़ लिया

Transliteration

atha parvatarājānaṃ tam ananto mahābalaḥ | ujjahāra balād brahman vanaṃ savanaṃ savanaukasam ||

Translation

Śaunaka said: Then the mighty Ananta, exerting sheer force, uprooted that king of mountains—Mandara—along with its forests and all the creatures dwelling in those forests. The episode underscores overwhelming divine strength harnessed for a cosmic purpose, where even the stability of nature can be moved when the larger order (dharma and the gods’ work) requires it.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• पर्वत-राजानम्: the king of mountains
• पर्वत-राजानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वतराज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तम्: that (him/it)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनन्तः: Ananta (Śeṣa)
• अनन्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनन्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाबलः: very strong, mighty
• महाबलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उज्जहार: uprooted / lifted out
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-हृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• बलात्: by force
• बलात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmin (O Brāhmaṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सवनम्: with its forest/woodland
• सवनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सवन-औकसम्: together with the forest-dwellers
• सवन-औकसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवनौकस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• शौनक (Śaunaka)
• अनन्त (Ananta/Śeṣa)
• मन्दराचल (Mandara mountain)
• वन (forest)
• वनौकस (forest-dwelling creatures)