Shloka 66

Varuṇābhiṣeka–Agni-anveṣaṇa–Kaubera-tīrtha

Varuṇa’s Consecration; Search for Agni; Kaubera Sacred Site

Devanagari script

गदामुसलनाराचशक्तितोमरहस्तया । दृप्तसिंहनिनादिन्या विनद्य प्रययौ गृह:

Transliteration

gadāmusalanārācaśaktitomarahastayā | dṛptasiṃhaninādinīyā vinadya prayayau gṛhaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: With hands bearing a mace, a pestle, iron arrows, a spear, and a javelin, and roaring with the proud cry of a lion, he set out and went home. The verse underscores the warrior’s fierce resolve and the ominous normalizing of violence—how instruments of war accompany even ordinary movement, reflecting the moral weight of a society consumed by conflict.

Word by Word

• गदा: mace
• गदा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मुसल: pestle/club
• मुसल: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुसल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नाराच: iron arrow
• नाराच: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाराच
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शक्ति: spear/javelin
• शक्ति: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तोमर: lance
• तोमर: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोमर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हस्तया: with the hand
• हस्तया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्ता
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• दृप्त: proud, haughty
• दृप्त: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृप्त
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• सिंह: lion
• सिंह: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निनादिन्या: by (one) roaring/sounding
• निनादिन्या: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निनादिन्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• विनद्य: having roared
• विनद्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नद्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• प्रययौ: went forth
• प्रययौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (इ)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गृहः: house/home
• गृहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• gadā (mace)
• musala (pestle/club)
• nārāca (iron arrows)
• śakti (spear)
• tomara (javelin)
• gṛha (home)