Shloka 27

Saṃvaraṇa–Tapatī Vivāhaḥ (The Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa and Tapatī) — Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva 163

Devanagari script

सव्येन च कटीदेशे गृह वाससि पाण्डव: । तद्‌ रक्षो द्विगुणं चक्रे रुवन्तं भैरवं रवम्‌

Transliteration

savyena ca kaṭīdeśe gṛhya vāsasi pāṇḍavaḥ | tad rakṣo dviguṇaṃ cakre ruvantaṃ bhairavaṃ ravam ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。パーンダヴァは左手で腰の布をつかみ、膝で背を押さえ、右手で首を押さえた。圧倒的な力で羅刹を二つ折りにし、羅刹は身の毛もよだつ咆哮を上げた。

Word by Word

• सव्येन: with the left (hand)
• सव्येन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सव्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कटीदेशे: at/on the waist-region
• कटीदेशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कटीदेश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• गृह: house; home
• गृह: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वाससि: in the garment/cloth
• वाससि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava (Bhima)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that (one)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• रक्षः: the rakshasa/demon
• रक्षः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• द्विगुणम्: double; twofold
• द्विगुणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विगुण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चक्रे: made; did; bent
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रुवन्तम्: crying; roaring
• Type: Verb
• Root: रु
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भैरवम्: terrible; frightful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भैरव
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• रवम्: sound; roar; cry
• रवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: then/thereupon (that)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनन्तरम्: after that; immediately thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍava (Bhīma, contextually)
• Rākṣasa (demon)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Strength is portrayed as legitimate when used to restrain destructive forces and protect dharma; the hero’s physical power functions as a moral instrument against predatory violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Pāṇḍava overpowers a rākṣasa in close combat—grabbing the waist-cloth, pinning the back with a knee, seizing the neck, and bending the demon double as it cries out in a dreadful roar.