Mahabharata 3.37.40 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 37, Shloka 40

Vyāsa’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira: Pratismṛti-vidyā, Arjuna’s Aśtra-Quest, and the Move to Kāmyaka

Devanagari script

अगच्छत्‌ पर्वतं पुण्यमेकाह्रैव महामना: । मनोजवगतिर््भूत्वा योगयुक्तो यथानिल:

Transliteration

agacchat parvataṁ puṇyam ekāhrai eva mahāmanāḥ | manojavagatir bhūtvā yogayukto yathānilaḥ ||

Translation

മഹാമനസ്സനായ അർജുനൻ യോഗശിക്ഷയാൽ മനസ്സിനൊത്ത വേഗം കൈവരിച്ചു; അതുകൊണ്ട് കാറ്റുപോലെ ഒരേ ദിവസത്തിൽ ആ പുണ്യപർവതത്തിലെത്തി.

Word by Word

• अगच्छत्: went/reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (गच्छ)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, 3, singular

• पर्वतम्: mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• पुण्यम्: holy, sacred
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• एकाह्ना: in one day
• एकाह्ना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकाह्न (एक + अहन्)
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• महामनाः: the great-souled (one)
• महामनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महामनस् (महा + मनस्)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• मनोजवगतिः: a movement with mind-like speed
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनोजवगति (मनस् + जव + गति)
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• भूत्वा: having become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• योगयुक्तः: yoga-endowed, engaged in yoga
• योगयुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योगयुक्त (योग + युक्त)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• यथा: as, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• अनिलः: wind
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिल
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna
• puṇya-parvata (sacred mountain)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that yogic discipline (yogayukta) and a great, steady mind (mahāmanāḥ) can remove inner obstacles, making one’s actions swift, efficient, and aligned with purpose—symbolized by movement as fast as thought and as unobstructed as wind.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Arjuna, empowered by yoga and strong resolve, travels with extraordinary speed and reaches a sacred mountain within a single day.