Shloka 46

Śiva Grants the Pāśupata Astra (Pāśupata-Śastra Upadeśa) | शिवेन पाशुपतास्त्रदानम्

Devanagari script

तान्‌ दृष्टवा लोकपालांस्तु समेतान्‌ गिरिमूर्थनि । जगाम विस्मयं धीमान्‌ कुन्तीपुत्रो धनंजय:,उस पर्वतशिखरपर एकत्र हुए उन सभी लोक-पालोंका दर्शन करके परम बुद्धिमान्‌ धनंजयको बड़ा विस्मय हुआ

Transliteration

tān dṛṣṭvā lokapālāṁs tu sametān girimūrdhani | jagāma vismayaṁ dhīmān kuntīputro dhanaṁjayaḥ ||

Translation

တောင်ထိပ်ပေါ်၌ စုဝေးနေသော လောကပာလတို့ကို မြင်တွေ့သော် ကုန္တီ၏သား ဓနဉ္ဇယ (အာర్జုန) သည် ဉာဏ်ပညာရှိသူဖြစ်၍ အလွန်အံ့ဩသွား하였다။

Word by Word

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• लोकपालान्: world-guardians (Lokapālas)
• लोकपालान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकपाल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तु: indeed/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• समेतान्: assembled, gathered
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समेत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle), इ (एति) with सम्-

• गिरिमूर्धनि: on the mountain-top (on the summit of the mountain)
• गिरिमूर्धनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिमूर्धन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• जगाम: went/attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विस्मयम्: astonishment, wonder
• विस्मयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्मय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धीमान्: wise, intelligent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुन्तीपुत्रः: Kuntī's son
• कुन्तीपुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्तीपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धनंजयः: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Lokapālas
• Giri-mūrdhan (mountain summit)
• Kuntī
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a supremely skilled hero experiences humility and reverent wonder before the cosmic guardians; the verse highlights that human strength operates within a wider dharmic and divine framework.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna (Dhanañjaya), described as wise, sees the Lokapālas gathered together on a mountain peak and is filled with astonishment at this extraordinary assembly.