Shloka 36

Gandhamādana-praveśa and the Sudden Storm (गन्धमादनप्रवेशः — चण्डवातवर्षवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

यमत्वं कुर्वतस्तस्य देवदेवस्य धीमत: । न तत्र म्रियते कश्चिज्जायते वा तथाप्युत

Transliteration

yamatvaṁ kurvatastasya devadevasya dhīmataḥ | na tatra mriyate kaścid jāyate vā tathāpy uta ||

Translation

โลมศะกล่าวว่า “เมื่อเทพเหนือเทพ องค์ผู้ทรงปรีชานั้นทรงรับหน้าที่แห่งยมะ ณ ที่นั้นไม่มีผู้ใดตายจริง ไม่มีผู้ใดเกิดจริง—แต่ในครรลองโลกกลับปรากฏราวกับว่ามีการเกิดและตาย”

Word by Word

यमत्वम्the state/office of Yama (death-godhood)

कुर्वतःof (him) doing/performing

तस्यof him

देवदेवस्यof the god of gods

धीमतःof the wise/intelligent one

नnot

तत्रthere

म्रियतेdies

कश्चित्anyone/someone

जायतेis born

वाor

तथापिeven so/nevertheless

उतindeed/also (emphatic particle)

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lomasha

Devadeva (supreme deity)

Yama

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse points to a higher, dharmic-metaphysical view: under the supreme divine governance—even when the deity functions as Yama—birth and death are ultimately not absolute realities, but phenomena within worldly appearance and cosmic administration.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lomasha, in his instructive narration, explains a theological point about the supreme Lord’s assumption of Yama’s role and the deeper truth behind mortality and birth, framing ordinary experience within a larger cosmic order.