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Shloka 24

द्रोणेन दुर्योधनस्य कवचबन्धनम् — Drona’s Mantra-Bound Armor for Duryodhana

अन्तर्धान॑ चामपात्रे दुग्धा पुण्यजनैर्विराट्‌ । दोग्धा वैश्रवणस्तेषां वत्सश्चवासीद्‌ वृषध्वज:,यक्षोंने कच्चे बर्तनमें पृथ्वीसे अन्तर्धान विद्याका दोहन किया। उनके दोग्धा कुबेर और बछड़ा महादेवजी थे

antardhānaṃ cāmapātre dugdhā puṇyajanair virāṭ | dogdhā vaiśravaṇas teṣāṃ vatsaś cāvāsīd vṛṣadhvajaḥ ||

Nārada said: “In an earthen vessel, the Yakṣas drew forth the ‘Antardhāna’ (the power of disappearance) from the Earth, as though milking her. For them, Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera) served as the milker, and Vṛṣadhvaja (Śiva) was the calf.” The passage frames supernatural attainments as resources obtained through a disciplined ‘churning/milking’ of nature, under the governance of divine authority—implying that powers are not merely seized, but arise within an ordered cosmic and ethical hierarchy.

अन्तर्धानम्disappearance (the Antardhāna-vidyā / power of concealment)
अन्तर्धानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तर्धान
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
आमपात्रेin an unbaked vessel (earthen pot)
आमपात्रे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootआमपात्र
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
दुग्धाwas milked / they milked
दुग्धा:
TypeVerb
Rootदुह्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
पुण्यजनैःby the blessed beings (yakṣas etc.)
पुण्यजनैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्यजन
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
विराट्Virāṭ (as the milker/agent, per this reading)
विराट्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविराट्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दोग्धाthe milker
दोग्धा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदोग्धृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वैश्रवणःVaiśravaṇa (Kubera)
वैश्रवणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवैश्रवण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
वत्सःthe calf
वत्सः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवत्स
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अवसीत्was
अवसीत्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
वृषध्वजःBull-bannered one (Śiva)
वृषध्वजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवृषध्वज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
P
Puṇyajanas (Yakṣas)
E
Earth (Pṛthivī)
V
Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera)
V
Vṛṣadhvaja (Śiva)
E
earthen vessel (āmapātra)