Shloka 34

The Lord Appears to the Devas and Instructs the Truce; Mandara Is Brought for Churning

Devanagari script

दूरभारोद्वहश्रान्ता: शक्रवैरोचनादय: । अपारयन्तस्तं वोढुं विवशा विजहु: पथि ॥ ३४ ॥

Transliteration

dūra-bhārodvaha-śrāntāḥ śakra-vairocanādayaḥ apārayantas taṁ voḍhuṁ vivaśā vijahuḥ pathi

Translation

ด้วยการแบกภูเขาอันหนักยิ่งไปไกล พระอินทร์ (ศักระ) มหาราชบลี (ไวโรจนะ) และเหล่าเทวดากับอสูรทั้งหลายจึงอ่อนล้า ครั้นแบกต่อไม่ไหวก็จำต้องวางทิ้งไว้กลางทาง

Synonyms

• दूर: far
• दूर: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूर (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), उपसर्ग/विशेषणार्थ-पूर्वपद (adverbial/qualifying pre-member)

• भार: burden, load
• भार: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (stem) used in समास-पूर्वपद; case/number not expressed (compound member)

• उद्वह: carrying (bearing)
• उद्वह: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+वह् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, घञ्/अण्-प्रत्ययान्त भाव/कर्मवाचक-प्रातिपदिक ‘उद्वह’ (carrying, bearing) used as compound member

• श्रान्ताः: exhausted
• श्रान्ताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रान्त (कृदन्त; श्रम् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), क्त-प्रत्यय; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; agrees with शक्र-वैरोचन-आदयः

• शक्र: Indra
• शक्र: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समास-पूर्वपद (member of compound)

• वैरोचन: Virocana (or son of Virocana)
• वैरोचन: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैरोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समास-पूर्वपद (member of compound)

• आदयः: and others
• आदयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘शक्र-वैरोचन-आदयः’ = dvandva-like enumerative compound with ‘आदि’ meaning “and others”

• अपारयन्तः: being unable
• अपारयन्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पारय् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle), शतृ-प्रत्यय; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; न-प्रत्यययुक्त (a-pārayant-) = “not being able”

• तम्: that (him/it)
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वोढुम्: to carry
• वोढुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त infinitive; “to carry/bear”

• विवशाः: helpless, compelled
• विवशाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विवश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; agrees with subject

• विजहुः: they abandoned, left
• विजहुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+हā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• पथि: on the path
• पथि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Virocana

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about human limitation during great endeavors?

This verse shows that even powerful beings like Indra and the asuras can become exhausted and fail in their own strength, indicating that success in cosmic works ultimately depends on divine arrangement, not mere capability.

Why did Indra and Virocana abandon the burden on the way?

They had carried a massive load for a long distance and became too fatigued to continue; overwhelmed and unable to bear it further, they left it on the road as the narrative moves toward divine intervention.

Practical application of this teaching in modern life?

Recognize limits, avoid pride in capacity, and seek higher guidance—when a task exceeds strength, pause, regroup, and depend on dharmic support rather than forcing progress through burnout.