Shloka 49

Devanagari script

तत उत्पाट्य पाणिभ्यां मन्दराच्छिखरं महत्‌ | सद्रुमं व्यसृजच्छक्रो जिघांसु: पाण्डुनन्दनम्‌

Transliteration

tata utpāṭya pāṇibhyāṃ mandarācchikharaṃ mahat | sadrumaṃ vyasṛjacchakro jighāṃsuḥ pāṇḍunandanam ||

Translation

അപ്പോൾ പാണ്ഡുനന്ദനനായ അർജുനനെ വധിക്കുവാൻ ഉദ്ദേശിച്ച ശക്രൻ (ഇന്ദ്രൻ) ഇരുകൈകളാലും മന്ദരപർവതത്തിന്റെ മഹാശിഖരം വൃക്ഷങ്ങളോടുകൂടി പിഴുതെടുത്ത് അർജുനന്റെ മേൽ എറിഞ്ഞു।

Word by Word

• ततः: then/from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• उत्पाट्य: having uprooted/torn out
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्+पट्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• पाणिभ्याम्: with (his) two hands
• पाणिभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• मन्दरात्: from (Mount) Mandara
• मन्दरात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दर
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• शिखरम्: peak/summit
• शिखरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महत्: great/huge
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सद्रुमम्: with trees (tree-bearing)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-द्रुम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• व्यसृजत्: threw/cast
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+सृज्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जिघांसुः: wishing to kill
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्
• Form: उणादि/सन्-इच्छार्थक (desiderative-based agent noun), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डुनन्दनम्: Pāṇḍu's son (Arjuna)
• पाण्डुनन्दनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु-नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śakra (Indra)
• Arjuna (Pāṇḍunandana)
• Mount Mandara
• Mandara peak (śikhara)
• Trees (druma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical danger of anger and the will to harm: even a mighty being may choose disproportionate violence when driven by wrath, while the narrative invites reflection on steadiness and self-control as higher virtues than raw power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Indra (Śakra), intending to kill Arjuna, uproots a massive, tree-covered summit of Mount Mandara with his hands and throws it at him as a lethal weapon.