Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 34

Ikṣvāku Dynasty: Vikukṣi’s Offense, Purañjaya’s Victory, Māndhātā’s Birth, and Saubhari’s Fall and Renunciation

Devanagari script

त्रसद्दस्युरितीन्द्रोऽङ्ग विदधे नाम यस्य वै । यस्मात् त्रसन्ति ह्युद्विग्ना दस्यवो रावणादय: ॥ ३३ ॥ यौवनाश्वोऽथ मान्धाता चक्रवर्त्यवनीं प्रभु: । सप्तद्वीपवतीमेक: शशासाच्युततेजसा ॥ ३४ ॥

Transliteration

trasaddasyur itīndro ’ṅga vidadhe nāma yasya vai yasmāt trasanti hy udvignā dasyavo rāvaṇādayaḥ

Translation

အို ပရိက္ခစ်! ရာဝဏနှင့် အခြား ဒস্যု၊ ခိုးသူများသည် သူ့ကို ကြောက်ရွံ့တုန်လှုပ်ကြသဖြင့် အိန္ဒြာက သူ့နာမကို “ထရဆဒ္ဒသျု” ဟု ပေး하였다။ အချျုတ (သခင်) ၏ ကရုဏာကြောင့် ယုဝနာရှွ၏ သား မာန္ဓာတာသည် အလွန်တန်ခိုးကြီးသော စကြဝတီဖြစ်ကာ ခုနစ်ကျွန်းပါ ကမ္ဘာမြေကို တစ်ဦးတည်း အုပ်စိုး하였다။

Synonyms

• yauvanāśvaḥ: (he) Yauvanāśva
• yauvanāśvaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yauvanāśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction/particle)

• māndhātā: Māndhātā
• māndhātā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māndhātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• cakravartī: emperor
• cakravartī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakravartin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण (appositional)

• avanīm: the earth
• avanīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avanī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• prabhuḥ: the lord
• prabhuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण/उपाधि

• sapta-dvīpa-vatīm: (the earth) possessing seven continents
• sapta-dvīpa-vatīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vatī (प्रातिपदिक/प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) = ‘सप्तद्वीपाः सन्ति यस्याः सा’ (earth possessing seven islands/continents)

• ekaḥ: alone
• ekaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् to subject

• śaśāsa: ruled
• śaśāsa: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śās (शास् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• acyuta-tejasā: with unfailing splendor
• acyuta-tejasā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: acyuta (प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः (कर्मधारय) = ‘अच्युतं तेजः यस्य/यत्’ → ‘with unfailing splendor/power’

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Trasaddasyu
• Rāvaṇa

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam mean by the name Trasaddasyu?

It means “one who makes the dasyus (lawless plunderers) tremble,” indicating a ruler whose dharmic power restrains criminals and aggressors.

Why is Indra mentioned as giving the name Trasaddasyu?

The verse states Indra formally conferred the name, highlighting the king’s recognized, divinely sanctioned role as a protector who curbs disorder.

Practical application: what does this verse teach about leadership today?

Leadership should protect the innocent and deter exploitation; real authority is shown by establishing safety and dharma, not by personal gain.