Shloka 12

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

Devanagari script

ते भानुमन्ति चित्राणि शिखराणि महागिरे: । समास्थायार्जुनं तत्र ददृशुस्तपसान्वितम्‌

Transliteration

te bhānumanti citrāṇi śikharāṇi mahāgireḥ | samāsthāyārjunaṃ tatra dadṛśus tapasānvitam ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Достигнув сияющих и дивных вершин великой горы, они увидели там Арджуну — стойкого, исполненного тапаса (аскезы и самообуздания), погружённого в свою строгую практику.

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भानुमन्ति: shining, radiant
• भानुमन्ति: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भानुमत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• चित्राणि: variegated, wonderful
• चित्राणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• शिखराणि: peaks, summits
• शिखराणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• महागिरेः: of the great mountain
• Type: Noun
• Root: महागिरि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• समास्थाय: having ascended / having mounted
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-स्था (स्था)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• अर्जुनम्: Arjuna
• अर्जुनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• ददृशुः: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तपसा: by austerity, with penance
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अन्वितम्: endowed with, accompanied by
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Arjuna
• mahāgiri (great mountain)
• śikharāṇi (mountain peaks)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights tapas—disciplined self-restraint and focused effort—as a means of strengthening character and readiness for dharmic responsibility. Ethical power is shown as something cultivated inwardly before it is expressed outwardly.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrating voice (Vaiśaṃpāyana) describes how the arriving party reaches the shining, remarkable peaks of a great mountain and finds Arjuna there, engaged in austerity and spiritual discipline.