Shloka 8

Uttaṅka’s Petition for Madayantī’s Divine Earrings (Maṇikuṇḍala) — Agreement, Proof, and Vigilance

Devanagari script

स तद्धाराभिभूतात्मा काष्ठ भारमरिंदम

Transliteration

sa taddhārābhibhūtātmā kāṣṭha-bhāram ariṃdamaḥ | tataḥ kāṣṭhaiḥ saha tadā papāta dharaṇītale ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：被那重担压迫而精疲力竭，那位制敌者因薪柴之重压身，遂与木柴一同仆倒在地。

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: by/with that
• तत्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• धारा: stream, flow
• धारा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• अभिभूतात्मा: one whose self was overwhelmed
• अभिभूतात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिभूतात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• काष्ठभारम्: the load of wood
• काष्ठभारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काष्ठभार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अरिंदम: O foe-subduer
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरिंदम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• काष्ठैः: with the pieces of wood
• काष्ठैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काष्ठ
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• तदा: at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• पपात: fell down
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• धरणीतले: on the ground
• धरणीतले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणीतल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• kāṣṭha (firewood)
• dharaṇī (earth/ground)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the capable can be brought low by hunger and excessive strain; dharmic effort requires discernment about bodily limits, cultivating humility and compassion rather than pride in endurance.

What is happening in the narrative?

A foe-taming figure, exhausted from carrying a heavy load of firewood, becomes overwhelmed and collapses to the ground along with the wood.