Shloka 33

Marutta’s Sacrifice and Agni’s Embassy (मरुत्त-यज्ञे दूतत्वम्)

Devanagari script

ततो रोषात्‌ सर्वतो घोररूप॑ सपत्नं ते जनयामास भूख: । मर्द नामासूुरं विश्वरूपं य॑ त्वं दृष्टवा चक्षुषी संन्यमील:

Transliteration

tato roṣāt sarvato ghorarūpaṃ sapatnaṃ te janayāmāsa bhūḥ | marda nāmāsuraṃ viśvarūpaṃ yaṃ tvaṃ dṛṣṭvā cakṣuṣī saṃnyamīlaḥ ||

Translation

ထို့နောက် ဒေါသကြောင့် မြေမိခင်သည် သင့်အတွက် အရပ်ရပ်မှ ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ် ရုပ်သဏ္ဌာန်ရှိသော ရန်သူတစ်ဦးကို ဖန်ဆင်းထုတ်ပေါ်စေ하였다။ ထိုသူမှာ ကမ္ဘာလုံးဆိုင်ရာ ပျံ့နှံ့နေသကဲ့သို့ ရုပ်ပုံရှိသည့် မာရ္ဒ (Marda) ဟူသော အဆုရ ဖြစ်သည်။ သူ့ကို မြင်သည်နှင့် သင်သည် ထိတ်လန့်၍ မျက်စိပိတ်လိုက်ရသည်။

Word by Word

• {'tataḥ': 'then, thereafter', 'roṣāt': 'from anger, out of wrath', 'sarvataḥ': 'on all sides, everywhere', 'ghora-rūpam': 'of dreadful/terrifying form', 'sapatnam': 'rival, enemy, adversary', 'te': 'for you, to you', 'janayāmāsa': 'caused to be born, produced, generated', 'bhūḥ': 'the Earth (goddess), the ground', 'marda': "Marda (proper name

• lit. 'crusher/tormentor')", 'nāmā': 'named', 'asuram': 'asura, anti-god/demonic being', 'viśva-rūpam': 'having a universal form

• all-encompassing in appearance', 'yaṃ': 'whom/which', 'tvaṃ': 'you', 'dṛṣṭvā': 'having seen', 'cakṣuṣī': 'the two eyes', 'saṃnyamīlaḥ': 'you closed/shut (completely)'}

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Bhūḥ (Earth goddess)
• Marda (asura)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how wrath can generate formidable opposition and disorder, even on a cosmic scale; it also underscores the overwhelming power of certain manifestations, before which even a great deity like Indra recoils, suggesting the ethical need for restraint and steadiness in the face of fearsome forces.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śakra (Indra) recounts that the Earth, moved by anger, produced a terrifying enemy for him: the asura Marda, described as viśvarūpa (world-pervading). The sight was so dreadful that Indra shut his eyes.