Shloka 34

Devanagari script

जगृहे च धनुर्धाता मुसलं तु जयस्तथा । पर्वतं चापि जग्राह क्रुद्धस्त्वष्टा महाबल:,धाताने धनुष लिया और जयने मुसल, क्रोधमें भरे हुए महाबली त्वष्टाने पर्वत उठा लिया

Transliteration

jagṛhe ca dhanurdhātā musalaṃ tu jayas tathā | parvataṃ cāpi jagrāha kruddhas tvaṣṭā mahābalaḥ ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。ダータは弓を取り、ジャヤは棍棒（ムサラ）を手にした。すると大力のトヴァシュトリは怒りに燃え、ついには山さえ持ち上げた――自制と正しい判断を捨てるとき、憤怒が衆生を極端で破滅的な決意へと駆り立てることを示している。

Word by Word

• जगृहे: took, seized
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• धनुर्धाता: Dhanurdhātā (a person named/epithet)
• धनुर्धाता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुर्धातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुसलम्: a club, mace
• मुसलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुसल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but, and (emphatic)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• जयः: Jaya (a person named Jaya)
• जयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise, so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• पर्वतम्: a mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• जग्राह: took, seized
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वष्टा: Tvaṣṭā (the divine artisan)
• त्वष्टा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वष्टृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhātā
• Jaya
• Tvaṣṭṛ
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• mace (musala)
• mountain (parvata)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) escalates conflict and leads to disproportionate, potentially ruinous action; dharma requires restraint and discernment even when power is available.

What is happening in the narrative?

As tensions rise, different figures arm themselves: Dhātā takes a bow, Jaya takes a mace, and the enraged, mighty Tvaṣṭṛ goes so far as to lift a mountain—signaling imminent violent confrontation.