Shloka 9

Devanagari script

त॑ मुमोचयिषुर्वज्जी वातवर्षेण पाण्डवम्‌ । मोहयामास तत्कालमश्वसेनस्त्वमुच्यत

Transliteration

taṁ mumocayiṣur vajrī vātavarṣeṇa pāṇḍavam | mohayāmāsa tatkālam aśvasenas tv amucyata ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。彼を解き放とうとして、金剛（ヴァジュラ）を執るインドラは、その瞬間に嵐と豪雨を起こし、パーンダヴァ（アルジュナ）を惑わせた。かくして、タクシャカの子アシュヴァセーナはその危難から解き放たれた。

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मुमोचयिषुः: intending to release (him)
• मुमोचयिषुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Periphrastic future (desiderative sense: 'intending to cause to release'), Third, Singular

• वज्री: Vajrī (Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt)
• वज्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वातवर्षेण: by wind-and-rain (storm)
• वातवर्षेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वातवर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• पाण्डवम्: the Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मोहयामास: bewildered, deluded
• मोहयामास: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह्
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic perfect), Third, Singular

• तत्कालम्: at that very time
• तत्कालम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्काल

• अश्वसेनः: Aśvasena
• अश्वसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मुच्यत: was released, got freed
• मुच्यत: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Imperfect (passive), Third, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Indra (Vajrī)
• Arjuna (Pāṇḍava)
• Aśvasena
• Takṣaka
• storm (wind and rain)
• vajra (thunderbolt)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when a hero acts with resolve, results may be altered by forces beyond human control—divine powers, prior bonds, and hidden allegiances—so one should recognize limits of agency and the complexity of moral causation in conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra, wanting to rescue Aśvasena (Takṣaka’s son), creates a storm and rain that confuses Arjuna at a critical moment, allowing Aśvasena to escape danger.