Shloka 37

Devanagari script

भूमिपालसहस्राणां भूमि: पास्यति शोणितम्‌ | कैलासमन्दराभ्यां तु तथा हिमवता विभो

Transliteration

bhūmipāla-sahasrāṇāṁ bhūmiḥ pāsyati śoṇitam | kailāsa-mandarābhyāṁ tu tathā himavatā vibho ||

Translation

ヴィヤーサは言った。「大地は幾千の王の血を飲むであろう。おお、力ある者よ、カイラーサとマンダラもまた、そしてヒマヴァットも同様である。」

Word by Word

• भूमिपालसहस्राणाम्: of thousands of kings
• भूमिपालसहस्राणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमिपालसहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• भूमिः: the earth
• भूमिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पास्यति: will drink
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular

• शोणितम्: blood
• शोणितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोणित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कैलासमन्दराभ्याम्: by/with (Mount) Kailāsa and Mandara
• कैलासमन्दराभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलासमन्दर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

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

• हिमवता: by/with Himavat (the Himalaya)
• हिमवता: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• विभो: O mighty one
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Bhūmi (Earth)
• kings (bhūmipālas)
• Mount Kailāsa
• Mount Mandara
• Himavat (Himālaya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the grave moral and cosmic cost of war: mass violence is not merely a human event but a burden borne by the earth itself. It frames the coming conflict as vast and inevitable, warning that the pursuit of power by rulers leads to widespread suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa speaks in a prophetic tone, foretelling immense bloodshed—so great that the earth will ‘drink’ the blood of thousands of kings. By invoking mighty mountains like Kailāsa, Mandara, and Himavat, he amplifies the scale and inevitability of the impending devastation.