Shloka 30

मौसलपर्व — अध्याय ८

Arjuna’s evacuation of Dvārakā, Vasudeva’s rites, and the caravan’s crisis

Devanagari script

त्वयापीह महत्‌ कर्म देवानां पुरुषर्षभ

Transliteration

tvayāpīha mahat karma devānāṁ puruṣarṣabha

Translation

त्वयापीह महत्कर्म देवानां पुरुषर्षभ।

Word by Word

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Tritiya, Eka

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• इह: here/in this world
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathama/Dvitiyā, Eka

• कर्म: deed, act
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathama/Dvitiyā, Eka

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Pum, Shashthi, Bahu

• पुरुषर्षभ: O bull among men (best of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष-ऋषभ
• Form: Pum, Sambodhana, Eka

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• puruṣarṣabha (addressed hero, unspecified in this half-verse)
• devas (the gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A person’s actions can be so weighty that they resonate beyond human society and are spoken of as impacting the divine order; greatness is measured not only by power but by the moral and cosmic consequence of one’s deeds.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa addresses a heroic figure with honorific praise, acknowledging that the person has performed a ‘great deed’ connected with the gods—an evaluative statement that frames the action as significant within the larger cosmic and ethical landscape of the Mausala Parva.