Shloka 16

Adhyāya 136: Yavakrī–Bharadvāja Saṃvāda and the Bāladhī–Dhanuṣākṣa Gāthā

Arrogance, Boons, and Nimitta

Devanagari script

पर्यतप्यत तेजस्वी मन्युनाभिपरिप्लुत: । तपस्तेपे ततो घोरं वेदज्ञानाय पाण्डव,यह देख तेजस्वी यवक्रीतको बड़ा संताप हुआ। पाण्डुनन्दन! वे क्रोधसे आविष्ट हो वेदोंका ज्ञान प्राप्त करनेके लिये घोर तपस्यामें लग गये

Transliteration

paryatapyata tejasvī manyunābhipariplutaḥ | tapastepe tato ghoraṃ vedajñānāya pāṇḍava ||

Translation

Lomaśa disse: “Ardendo por dentro, o radiante—dominado pela ira—empreendeu então, ó Pāṇḍava, uma austeridade feroz, buscando o conhecimento dos Vedas.”

Word by Word

पर्यतप्यतwas tormented / suffered heat (was distressed)

तेजस्वीthe radiant one / illustrious (man)

मन्युनाby anger

अभिपरिप्लुतःoverwhelmed / flooded (with)

तपःausterity, penance

तेपेperformed (austerity) / did penance

ततःthen, thereafter

घोरम्terrible, severe

वेदज्ञानायfor (attaining) knowledge of the Veda(s)

पाण्डवO Pāṇḍava

Speaker

लोमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

ल

लोमश (Lomaśa)

प

पाण्डव (Pāṇḍava—address to Yudhiṣṭhira)

व

वेद (Veda)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how intense emotions—especially anger—can propel a person toward rigorous spiritual effort; yet it implicitly invites reflection on motive: seeking sacred knowledge is elevated, but being driven by wrath suggests inner purification is still needed.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lomaśa narrates that a ‘tejasvī’ figure, overwhelmed by anger, turns to severe austerities with the aim of attaining Vedic knowledge, addressing the Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira) as the listener.