Shloka 29

Karṇa’s Counsel on Śrī

Fortune) and the Proposed Display before the Exiled Pāṇḍavas (कर्णवचनम् / श्रीप्रदर्शन-प्रस्तावः

Devanagari script

व्यलोकयदमेयात्मा मुखैर्नानाविधैर्दिश: । स पश्यन्‌ विविधान्‌ भावांश्वकार निनदं पुन:

Transliteration

vyalokayad ameyātmā mukhair nānāvidhair diśaḥ | sa paśyan vividhān bhāvān śvakāra ninadaṃ punaḥ ||

Translation

مارکنڈیہ نے کہا—اسکند، جس کی باطنی قوت بے اندازہ تھی، اپنے متعدد چہروں سے ہر سمت دیکھنے لگا۔ گوناگوں حالتوں اور مخلوقات کو دیکھ کر اس نے پھر بچگانہ مگر ہیبت ناک گرج کی؛ اس نیناد سے گویا دنیا لرز اٹھی۔

Word by Word

• विलोकयत्: looked, observed
• विलोकयत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विलोक् (धातु: लोक् + वि)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अमेयात्मा: he whose self is immeasurable
• अमेयात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमेयात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुखैः: with (his) mouths/faces
• मुखैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• नानाविधैः: of various kinds
• नानाविधैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नानाविध
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• दिशः: the directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पश्यन्: seeing
• पश्यन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्यत् (धातु: दृश्)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विविधान्: various
• विविधान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भावान्: states/things/objects
• भावान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• चकार: made, did
• चकार: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• निनदम्: a roar/sound
• निनदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निनद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Skanda

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ambivalent human (and creaturely) response to overwhelming power: the divine can be simultaneously wondrous and terrifying. Ethically, it points to a common pattern in dharmic narratives—fear and disturbance can become a catalyst for seeking refuge in a higher, stabilizing authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes Skanda seated and surveying all directions with multiple faces. After observing the varied beings and conditions around him, Skanda emits a powerful roar again, emphasizing his extraordinary, world-shaking presence.