Shloka 11

Irāvān-nidhana-anantaraṃ Ghaṭotkaca-nādaḥ

After Irāvān’s fall: Ghaṭotkaca’s roar and the clash with Duryodhana

Devanagari script

ऋषयश्चैव देवाश्न चक्र: स्वस्त्ययनं महत्‌ । लोकानां नृप शान्त्यर्थ क्रोधिते पाण्डवे तदा

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | ṛṣayaś caiva devāś ca cakruḥ svastyayanaṃ mahat | lokānāṃ nṛpa śānty-arthaṃ krodhite pāṇḍave tadā |

Translation

桑阇耶说：当时般度之子动怒，诸仙与诸天为求一切世界安宁，便举行盛大的吉祥祝祷之仪，哦，大王。

Word by Word

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

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

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• चक्रुः: did/made/performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• स्वस्त्ययनम्: auspicious rite/benediction (svasti-chanting)
• स्वस्त्ययनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्त्ययन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महत्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds/of the people
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शान्त्यर्थम्: for the sake of peace
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति-अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• क्रोधिते: when (he was) angered
• क्रोधिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पाण्डवे: in/with regard to the Pandava (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• पाण्डवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by nṛpa)
• Ṛṣis
• Devas
• Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira in context)
• Svastyayana (auspicious benediction/rite)
• Lokas (worlds/people)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler’s anger is not merely personal; it threatens social and cosmic stability. Therefore, tradition emphasizes restraint and the use of sacred speech (svastyayana) and collective spiritual effort to restore peace for the welfare of all beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the king that, at the moment when the Pāṇḍava (contextually Yudhiṣṭhira) became angry, sages and gods began reciting/performing a powerful auspicious benediction to secure peace for the worlds and to avert the harmful consequences of that anger.