Shloka 24

Devanagari script

तत्‌ तु कर्म समारब्धं॑ दृष्टवेन्द्र: क्रोधमूर्च्छित: । उद्यम्य विपुलं शैलं च्यवनं समुपाद्रवत्‌

Transliteration

tat tu karma samārabdhaṃ dṛṣṭvendraḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ | udyamya vipulaṃ śailaṃ cyavanaṃ samupādravat ||

Translation

因陀罗见那祭事已然发动，怒火攻心。遂举起一座巨山，直奔仙人赤耶婆那而去。

Word by Word

• तत्: that (act/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• कर्म: ritual act; work
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• समारब्धम्: begun/undertaken
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आरब्ध (सम् + आ + √रभ्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्रोध-मूर्च्छितः: faint/overcome with anger
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध + मूर्च्छित (√मूर्छ् + क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उद्यम्य: having lifted/raised
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् + √यम्
• Form: Absolutive (ल्यप्)

• विपुलम्: huge; vast
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शैलम्: mountain/rock
• शैलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च्यवनम्: Chyavana (sage)
• च्यवनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: च्यवन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समुपाद्रवत्: ran up/charged at
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उप-आ-√द्रु (धावने)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

च्यवन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Cyavana
• mountain (śaila)
• sacrificial rite (yajña/karma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse cautions that anger (krodha) clouds judgment and can lead even the mighty to oppose righteous action. It implicitly upholds restraint and respect for dharmic rites and sages, suggesting that power without self-control becomes destructive.

What is happening in the narrative?

Cyavana narrates that Indra, seeing a ritual being initiated, becomes enraged, lifts a huge mountain as a weapon, and charges toward Cyavana—setting up a confrontation between divine authority and ascetic/ritual authority.