Shloka 5
Devanagari script
एवमुक्तो मतड़स्तु भृूशं॑ शोकपरायण: । अध्यतिष्ठद् गयां गत्वा सों5गुछ्ठेन शतं समा:,उनके ऐसा कहनेपर मतंग अत्यन्त शोकमग्न हो गयामें जाकर अंगूठेके बलपर सौ वर्षोतक खड़ा रहा
Transliteration
śakra uvāca | evam ukto mataṅgas tu bhṛśaṃ śokaparāyaṇaḥ | adhyatiṣṭhad gayāṃ gatvā so’ṅguṣṭhena śataṃ samāḥ |
Translation
そう告げられると、マタンガは深い悲嘆に沈んだ。彼はガヤーへ赴き、拇趾の上に身を支えて百年のあいだ立ち続けるという厳しい苦行を行った。
Word by Word
एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
उक्तःhaving been told/addressed
उक्तः:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
Formक्त, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
मतङ्गःMatanga
मतङ्गः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमतङ्ग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
भृशम्exceedingly
भृशम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभृशम्
शोकपरायणःabsorbed in grief
शोकपरायणः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशोक-परायण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अध्यतिष्ठत्stood (undertook a standing posture)
अध्यतिष्ठत्:
TypeVerb
Rootस्था
Formलङ्, Imperfect (past), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, अधि
गयाम्to Gaya
गयाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगया
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
गत्वाhaving gone
गत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive), Active
अङ्गुष्ठेनwith (his) thumb
अङ्गुष्ठेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्गुष्ठ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
समाःyears
समाः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसम
FormFeminine, Accusative, Plural
Speaker
शक्र उवाच
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śakra (Indra)M
MataṅgaG
GayāCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights tapas as disciplined endurance: intense grief is not merely indulged but redirected into a sustained vow, suggesting that inner turmoil can be transformed into purposeful spiritual effort.
After being spoken to (by Śakra), Mataṅga becomes deeply sorrowful, goes to the sacred place Gayā, and performs a severe austerity by standing on his thumb for one hundred years.