Mahabharata 9.47.14 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 47, Shloka 14

बदरपाचन-तीर्थमाहात्म्यम् | Badarapācana Tīrtha Māhātmya

Indratīrtha and the Austerities of Srucāvatī & Arundhatī

Devanagari script

नष्टो न दृश्यते यत्र शमीगर्भे हुताशन: । लोकालोकविनाशे च प्रादुर्भूते तदानघ

Transliteration

naṣṭo na dṛśyate yatra śamīgarbhe hutāśanaḥ | lokālokavināśe ca prādurbhūte tadānagha ||

Translation

វៃសម្បាយនៈបាននិយាយថា៖ «នៅទីនោះ ដែលភ្លើង (ហុតាសនៈ) ដែលលាក់ខ្លួននៅក្នុងផ្ទៃដើមសមី មិនអាចមើលឃើញបាន ហើយនៅពេលនោះ ការបំផ្លាញនៃពន្លឺ និងភាពងងឹត—នៃលោកដែលមានលំដាប់—បានបង្ហាញឡើង ឱ អ្នកបរិសុទ្ធឥតបាប»។

Word by Word

• नष्टः: destroyed, lost
• नष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नष्ट (√नश्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• दृश्यते: is seen, appears
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive/Impersonal

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• शमी-गर्भे: in the womb/interior of the śamī tree
• शमी-गर्भे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शमी + गर्भ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• हुताशनः: fire (Agni)
• हुताशनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुताशन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लोक-अलोक-विनाशे: at the destruction of (the regions of) light and darkness / the known and unknown worlds
• लोक-अलोक-विनाशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक + अलोक + विनाश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रादुर्भूते: when (it is) manifested/appeared
• प्रादुर्भूते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रादुर्भूत (प्रादुर् + √भू)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तदा: then, at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Hutāśana (Agni)
• Śamī tree

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse evokes an image of hidden fire and the collapse of the normal order of light and darkness, suggesting a time when what sustains order becomes concealed and destructive forces become manifest—an ominous marker of moral and cosmic disarray often associated with the devastation of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a descriptive passage using portent-like imagery: fire that exists but is not visible (as in the śamī) and a manifested ‘destruction of light and darkness,’ intensifying the sense that an extraordinary, catastrophic condition has arisen.