Shloka 32

उच्चैःश्रवसः वर्णविपणः तथा नागशापः

Uccaiḥśravas Color-Wager and the Nāga Curse

Devanagari script

विष्णुरुवाच बलं॑ ददामि सर्वेषां कर्मतद्‌ ये समास्थिता: । क्षोभ्यतां कलश: सर्वैर्मन्दर: परिवर्त्यताम्‌,श्रीविष्णु बोले--जो लोग इस कार्यमें लगे हुए हैं, उन सबको मैं बल दे रहा हूँ। सब लोग पूरी शक्ति लगाकर मन्दराचलको घुमावें और इस सागरको क्षुब्ध कर दें

Transliteration

viṣṇur uvāca balaṁ dadāmi sarveṣāṁ karma tad ye samāsthitāḥ | kṣobhyatāṁ kalaśaḥ sarvair mandaraḥ parivartyatām ||

Translation

毗湿奴说道：“凡坚定承担此业者，我皆赐以力量。众人同心搅动大海；以全力转动曼陀罗山。”

Word by Word

विष्णुःVishnu

उवाचsaid

बलम्strength

ददामिI give

सर्वेषाम्to/for all (of them)

कर्मthe task/act

तत्that

येwho

समास्थिताःhave undertaken / are engaged (in)

क्षोभ्यताम्let (it) be churned/agitated

कलशःthe ocean (lit. jar/basin; here: the sea to be churned)

सर्वैःby all

मन्दरःMandara (mountain)

परिवर्त्यताम्let (it) be turned/rotated

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Viṣṇu

Mandara (mountain)

Ocean (to be churned)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Strength and success arise when one is firmly committed to a righteous, shared undertaking; divine aid is portrayed as supporting disciplined effort rather than replacing it.

What is happening in the narrative?

Viṣṇu encourages the participants in the churning of the ocean, promising them strength and urging them to rotate Mount Mandara and agitate the sea to accomplish the churning.