Shloka 36

Devanagari script

मित्रश्न क्षुरपर्यन्तं चक्रमादाय तस्थिवान्‌ | पूषा भगश्न संक़्रुद्ध:/ सविता च विशाम्पते

Transliteration

mitraśnā kṣuraparyantaṁ cakram ādāya tasthivān | pūṣā bhagaś ca saṁkruddhaḥ savitā ca viśāmpate ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：密多罗稳立不动，执起一轮刃如剃刀般锋利的神轮。普尚与婆伽亦怒起，萨维特里也同样如此，噢，民众之主。此偈强调：即便是神圣的威能，一旦被激怒，也会被嗔恚所驱使——暗示正当的义愤与失控之怒的危险之间的道德张力。

Word by Word

• मित्रश्नः: Mitraśna (a deity/being named Mitraśna)
• मित्रश्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्रश्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षुरपर्यन्तम्: having a razor-like edge; razor-edged
• क्षुरपर्यन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षुरपर्यन्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चक्रम्: discus, wheel (chakra)
• चक्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• तस्थिवान्: stood; remained standing
• तस्थिवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: क्तवतु (past active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूषा: Pūṣan (the deity Pūṣā)
• पूषा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूषन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगश्नः: Bhagaśna (a deity/being named Bhagaśna)
• भगश्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगश्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सङ्क्रुद्धः: enraged; furious
• सङ्क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + क्रुध्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सविता: Savitṛ (the deity Savitā)
• सविता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people (O king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mitra
• Pūṣan
• Bhaga
• Savitṛ
• cakra (discus)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger can spread and intensify even among exalted beings; it implicitly warns that wrath, once kindled, mobilizes power toward harm unless restrained by dharma and discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a moment of rising divine confrontation: Mitra arms himself with a razor-edged discus and stands ready, while Pūṣan, Bhaga, and Savitṛ also become angry—signaling an escalation toward conflict.