Shloka 49
तत उत्पाट्य पाणिभ्यां मन्दराच्छिखरं महत् | सद्रुमं व्यसृजच्छक्रो जिघांसु: पाण्डुनन्दनम्,इसके बाद इन्द्रने पाण्डुनन्दन अर्जुनको मारनेके लिये अपने दोनों हाथोंसे मन्दर पर्वतका महान् शिखर वृक्षोंसहित उखाड़ लिया और उसे उनके ऊपर चलाया
tata utpāṭya pāṇibhyāṃ mandarācchikharaṃ mahat | sadrumaṃ vyasṛjacchakro jighāṃsuḥ pāṇḍunandanam ||
Then Śakra (Indra), intent on killing Pāṇḍu’s son Arjuna, tore up with both hands a great peak of Mount Mandara, complete with its trees, and hurled it at him. The episode underscores how even a divine power, when driven by anger and the urge to harm, can resort to overwhelming force—setting the stage for the tested hero’s steadiness and the moral contrast between wrathful aggression and disciplined restraint.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical danger of anger and the will to harm: even a mighty being may choose disproportionate violence when driven by wrath, while the narrative invites reflection on steadiness and self-control as higher virtues than raw power.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Indra (Śakra), intending to kill Arjuna, uproots a massive, tree-covered summit of Mount Mandara with his hands and throws it at him as a lethal weapon.