Shloka 5

Adhyāya 59: On Giving to the Asker and Supporting the Non-asking (याचक-अयाचक-दाने धर्मः)

Devanagari script

स त्रैलोक्यविनाशाय कोपारग्नि जनयिष्यति । महीं सपर्वतवनां यः करिष्यति भस्मसात्‌,वह तीनों लोकोंका विनाश करनेके लिये क्रोधजनित अग्निकी सृष्टि करेगा। वह अग्नि पर्वतों और वनोंसहित सारी पृथ्वीको भस्म कर डालेगी

Transliteration

sa trailokya-vināśāya kopāgniṁ janayiṣyati | mahīṁ sa-parvata-vanāṁ yaḥ kariṣyati bhasmasāt ||

Translation

అతడు త్రిలోకవినాశార్థం క్రోధజనిత అగ్నిని సృష్టించును. ఆ అగ్ని పర్వతాలు, వనాలతో కూడిన సమస్త భూమిని భస్మం చేయును.

Word by Word

सःhe

त्रैलोक्य-विनाशायfor the destruction of the three worlds

कोप-अग्निम्the fire of wrath

जनयिष्यतिwill generate / will produce

महीम्the earth

स-पर्वत-वनाम्together with mountains and forests

यःwho

करिष्यतिwill make

भस्म-सात्into ashes; to ashes

Speaker

व्यववन उवाच

Characters & Entities

trailokya (three worlds)

kopāgni (wrath-born fire)

mahī (earth)

parvata (mountains)

vana (forests)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse warns that anger, when allowed to become a driving force, turns into a destructive ‘fire’ that can devastate far beyond its intended target. Ethically, it underscores the dharmic need for restraint (dama) and governance of passions, since unchecked wrath threatens social and cosmic order.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker foretells (or describes) a catastrophic outcome: a wrath-born fire will arise with the power to destroy the three worlds, burning the earth along with its mountains and forests. The imagery functions as a dire prophecy and a moral caution about the scale of ruin that can follow from uncontrolled rage.