Shloka 49

Devanagari script

तत उत्पाट्य पाणिभ्यां मन्दराच्छिखरं महत्‌ | सद्रुमं व्यसृजच्छक्रो जिघांसु: पाण्डुनन्दनम्‌

Transliteration

tata utpāṭya pāṇibhyāṃ mandarācchikharaṃ mahat | sadrumaṃ vyasṛjacchakro jighāṃsuḥ pāṇḍunandanam ||

Translation

تب شکر (اندرا)، پانڈو کے بیٹے ارجن کو قتل کرنے کے ارادے سے، دونوں ہاتھوں سے کوہِ مندر کی ایک عظیم چوٹی درختوں سمیت اکھاڑ لایا اور اسے ارجن پر دے ماری۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then/from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• उत्पाट्य: having uprooted/torn out
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्+पट्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• पाणिभ्याम्: with (his) two hands
• पाणिभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• मन्दरात्: from (Mount) Mandara
• मन्दरात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दर
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• शिखरम्: peak/summit
• शिखरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महत्: great/huge
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सद्रुमम्: with trees (tree-bearing)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-द्रुम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• व्यसृजत्: threw/cast
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+सृज्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जिघांसुः: wishing to kill
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्
• Form: उणादि/सन्-इच्छार्थक (desiderative-based agent noun), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डुनन्दनम्: Pāṇḍu's son (Arjuna)
• पाण्डुनन्दनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु-नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śakra (Indra)
• Arjuna (Pāṇḍunandana)
• Mount Mandara
• Mandara peak (śikhara)
• Trees (druma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical danger of anger and the will to harm: even a mighty being may choose disproportionate violence when driven by wrath, while the narrative invites reflection on steadiness and self-control as higher virtues than raw power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Indra (Śakra), intending to kill Arjuna, uproots a massive, tree-covered summit of Mount Mandara with his hands and throws it at him as a lethal weapon.