Shloka 813

Devanagari script

दानवो महिषो नाम प्रगृह् विपुलं गिरिम्‌ इतनेहीमें दैत्योंकी भयंकर सेनासे महाबली दानव “महिष' हाथोंमें एक विशाल पर्वत लिये निकला और देवताओंपर टूट पड़ा

Transliteration

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | dānavo mahiṣo nāma pragṛhya vipulaṃ girim | itenahīmeṃ daityoṃkī bhayaṅkara senāse mahābalī dānava “mahiṣa” hāthoṃmeṃ eka viśāla parvata liye nikalā aura devatāoṃpara ṭūṭa paṛā |

Translation

ਇਸੇ ਵੇਲੇ ਦੈਤਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਭਿਆਨਕ ਫੌਜ ਵਿਚੋਂ ਮਹਾਬਲੀ ਦਾਨਵ ‘ਮਹਿਸ਼’ ਆਪਣੇ ਹੱਥਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਕ ਵਿਸ਼ਾਲ ਪਹਾੜ ਚੁੱਕ ਕੇ ਨਿਕਲਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਦੇਵਤਿਆਂ ਉੱਤੇ ਟੁੱਟ ਪਿਆ।

Word by Word

• दानवः: the demon (Danava)
• दानवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महिषः: Mahisha (name of a demon)
• महिषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name / named
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• प्रगृह्य: having seized / taking up
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā/lyap), Parasmaipada (usage)

• विपुलम्: vast, large
• विपुलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गिरिम्: mountain
• गिरिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Mahiṣa (Dānava)
• Daityas
• Devas (gods)
• Mountain (giri/parvata)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how brute strength and arrogance, when directed against rightful order (the devas as guardians of ṛta/dharma), becomes a manifestation of adharma; power without restraint turns into destructive aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes a battle episode: the mighty demon Mahiṣa lifts a huge mountain as a weapon and, supported by a terrifying Daitya host, launches an assault on the gods.