Shloka 35

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

शशाप ज्वलन: सर्वान्‌ द्विरदान्‌ क्रोधमूर्च्छित:

Transliteration

śaśāpa jvalanaḥ sarvān dviradān krodha-mūrcchitaḥ

Translation

ភីष្មមានពាក្យថា៖ ព្រះជ្វលនៈ (ព្រះអគ្គិទេវ) ក្រោធដល់ថ្នាក់បាត់បង់ការគ្រប់គ្រងខ្លួន បានប្រកាសបណ្តាសាលើដំរីទាំងអស់—សកម្មភាពដែលបង្ហាញថា កំហឹងពេលគ្របដណ្តប់លើការវិនិច្ឆ័យ អាចជំរុញសូម្បីអំណាចដ៏មហិមា ឲ្យធ្វើទណ្ឌកម្មលើសលប់។

Word by Word

• शशाप: cursed
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप् (शप्/शप्—शापयति/शपति)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ज्वलनः: Jvalana (Fire-god/Agni)
• ज्वलनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वलन (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नि/ज्वलन-)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• द्विरदान्: elephants
• द्विरदान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• क्रोधमूर्च्छितः: overcome/possessed by anger
• क्रोधमूर्च्छितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध-मूर्च्छित (प्रातिपदिक; मूर्च्छित = √मूर्छ् क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Jvalana (Agni, Fire-god)
• Elephants (dvirada)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical danger of krodha (anger): when it overwhelms judgment, it can lead to disproportionate punishment (śāpa), harming many and creating lasting consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that Jvalana (Agni), overcome by anger, cursed all the elephants—indicating a mythic episode where divine wrath is directed broadly at a class of beings.