Shloka 30

Karṇa’s Counsel on Śrī

Fortune) and the Proposed Display before the Exiled Pāṇḍavas (कर्णवचनम् / श्रीप्रदर्शन-प्रस्तावः

Devanagari script

तस्य तं निनदं श्रुत्वा न्यपतन्‌ बहुधा जना: । भीताश्रोद्विग्नमनसस्तमेव शरणं ययु:

Transliteration

tasya taṁ ninadaṁ śrutvā nyapatan bahudhā janāḥ | bhītāś ca udvignamanasas tam eva śaraṇaṁ yayuḥ ||

Translation

ເມື່ອໄດ້ຍິນສຽງຮາມອັນດັງກັ່ນນັ້ນ ຜູ້ຄົນຫຼາຍກໍລົ້ມລົງໄປຫຼາຍຢ່າງ. ດ້ວຍຄວາມຢ້ານກົວ ແລະໃຈສັ່ນຫວັ່ນໄຫວ ພວກເຂົາຈຶ່ງໄປພຶ່ງພາພະອົງພຽງຜູ້ດຽວເປັນທີ່ພຶ່ງ.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• तम्: that (him/it)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• निनदम्: roar/sound
• निनदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निनद
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• न्यपतन्: fell down
• न्यपतन्: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, plural, parasmaipada, नि

• बहुधा: in many ways/variously
• बहुधा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुधा

• जनाः: people/creatures
• जनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• भीताः: frightened
• भीताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीत
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural, क्त (past passive participle from भी)

• उद्विग्नमनसः: with agitated minds
• उद्विग्नमनसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्विग्न-मनस्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• एव: indeed/alone
• एव: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• ययुः: went/resorted
• ययुः: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: perfect (लिट्), 3rd, plural, parasmaipada

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya (speaker)
• Skanda (implied by context)
• people/beings (janāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When confronted with a power beyond ordinary capacity, fear and mental agitation drive beings to seek a higher refuge; the verse highlights śaraṇāgati (taking shelter) as a natural ethical-spiritual response to overwhelming divine might.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes how, upon hearing the deity’s terrifying roar (contextually Skanda), many beings collapse in fear and then approach that very figure as their sole protector.