Shloka 15

Devanagari script

यस्तताप तपो घोर सदार: पृथिवीपति: । रोषाद द्रोणविनाशाय वीर: समितिशोभन:

Transliteration

yas tatāpa tapo ghoraṁ sadāraḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ | roṣād droṇavināśāya vīraḥ samitiśobhanaḥ ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。勇猛なる王は妃を伴い、苛烈な苦行（タパス）に身を投じた。怒りに燃え、ドローナの滅亡を志して、その戦士は――軍勢の激突において輝く者として――厳しい修行を行った。ここには、憤怒が王権さえも、道義の重みを帯びた極端な決意へと駆り立てうることが示されている。

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तताप: performed austerity / did penance
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• घोरम्: terrible, severe
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सदारः: together with (his) wife
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-दार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पृथिवीपतिः: king, lord of the earth
• पृथिवीपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवीपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रोषात्: from anger / out of wrath
• रोषात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• द्रोणविनाशाय: for the destruction of Droṇa
• द्रोणविनाशाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण-विनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• वीरः: hero, brave man
• वीरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समितिशोभनः: splendid in battle
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समिति-शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Droṇa
• pṛthivīpati (a king)
• the king's wife (implicit by sadāraḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical tension when tapas (a discipline often associated with purification and higher aims) is fueled by roṣa (anger) and directed toward destruction. It suggests that inner motive shapes the moral color of even powerful spiritual practices.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a heroic king who, along with his wife, undertakes severe austerities with the specific aim—born of wrath—of bringing about Droṇa’s destruction, portraying a determined preparation driven by enmity.