Shloka 34

Devanagari script

जगृहे च धनुर्धाता मुसलं तु जयस्तथा । पर्वतं चापि जग्राह क्रुद्धस्त्वष्टा महाबल:,धाताने धनुष लिया और जयने मुसल, क्रोधमें भरे हुए महाबली त्वष्टाने पर्वत उठा लिया

Transliteration

jagṛhe ca dhanurdhātā musalaṃ tu jayas tathā | parvataṃ cāpi jagrāha kruddhas tvaṣṭā mahābalaḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：达塔执起弓，阇耶拿起钉头槌。随后，大力的特瓦什特里怒火炽盛，竟连一座山也举了起来——昭示一旦舍弃克制与正当判断，嗔怒便能驱使众生走向极端而毁灭性的决断。

Word by Word

• जगृहे: took, seized
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• धनुर्धाता: Dhanurdhātā (a person named/epithet)
• धनुर्धाता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुर्धातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुसलम्: a club, mace
• मुसलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुसल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but, and (emphatic)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• जयः: Jaya (a person named Jaya)
• जयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise, so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• पर्वतम्: a mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• जग्राह: took, seized
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वष्टा: Tvaṣṭā (the divine artisan)
• त्वष्टा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वष्टृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाबलः: very strong, mighty
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhātā
• Jaya
• Tvaṣṭṛ
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• mace (musala)
• mountain (parvata)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) escalates conflict and leads to disproportionate, potentially ruinous action; dharma requires restraint and discernment even when power is available.

What is happening in the narrative?

As tensions rise, different figures arm themselves: Dhātā takes a bow, Jaya takes a mace, and the enraged, mighty Tvaṣṭṛ goes so far as to lift a mountain—signaling imminent violent confrontation.