Shloka 21

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 180 — Svayaṃvara-Virodha and Pāṇḍava Parākrama

Draupadī Episode

Devanagari script

वसिष्ठ उवाच ततस्तं क्रोधजं तात और्वोडग्निं वरुणालये । उत्ससर्ज स चैवाप उपयुद्धक्ते महोदधौ

Transliteration

Vasiṣṭha uvāca: tatas taṁ krodhajaṁ tāta aurvo 'gnim Varuṇālaye | utsasarja sa caivāpa upayuddhakte mahodadhau ||

Translation

瓦西什塔说道：“孩子啊，随后奥尔瓦将那由忿怒而生之火投向伐楼那之所——大海。在那浩瀚海中，它仍旧饮水而炽然燃烧。”

Word by Word

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

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

• तम्: that (him/it)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• क्रोधजम्: born of anger
• क्रोधजम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोधज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तात: dear one/son (vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• और्वः: Aurva (sage)
• और्वः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: और्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अग्निम्: fire
• अग्निम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वरुणालये: in Varuṇa's abode (the sea)
• वरुणालये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुणालय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उत्ससर्ज: released/let loose
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

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

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अपः: waters
• अपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• उपयुद्धे: in the encounter/struggle
• उपयुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महोदधौ: in the great ocean
• महोदधौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महोदधि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• गन्धर्वः: the Gandharva
• गन्धर्वः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्तः: having been told/addressed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुलस्त्येन: by Pulastya
• पुलस्त्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलस्त्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वसिष्ठदेन: by Vasiṣṭha (giver/one named Vasiṣṭhada)
• वसिष्ठदेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• धीमता: by the wise one
• धीमता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• समापयामास: brought to completion/ended
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आप्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• सत्रम्: sacrificial session (sattra)
• सत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शाक्तः: Śākta (son of Śakti; Parāśara)
• शाक्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महामुनिः: the great sage
• महामुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Aurva
• Varuṇa
• Ocean (Varuṇālaya / mahodadhi)
• Fire (krodhaja agni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Wrath can generate destructive power, but dharma requires restraint and redirection of that force so it does not harm living beings; here the anger-born fire is contained in the ocean rather than unleashed upon the world.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha narrates that Aurva releases a fire produced from anger into the ocean (Varuṇa’s domain), where it remains associated with the sea’s mysterious, consuming fire.