Shloka 12

स्वर्गारोहणपर्व — तृतीयोऽध्यायः

Indra and Dharma’s Consolation; Celestial Gaṅgā Purification

Devanagari script

न च मन्युस्त्वया कार्य: शृणु चेद॑ वचो मम | अवश्यं नरकस्तात द्रष्टव्य: सर्वराजभि:

Transliteration

na ca manyus tvayā kāryaḥ śṛṇu ced vaco mama | avaśyaṃ narakas tāta draṣṭavyaḥ sarvarājabhiḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：“勿因此而起嗔怒。听我之言：孩子啊，诸王必定都要目睹地狱，这是不可避免的。”

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

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

• मन्युः: anger
• मन्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वया: by you / for you (to have)
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• कार्यः: to be done; to be made (i.e., should be)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शृणु: hear; listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• इदं: this
• इदं: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वचः: speech; word; statement
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मम: of me; my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• अवश्यं: certainly; necessarily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अवश्यम्

• नरकः: hell
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तात: dear one; son (term of address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• द्रष्टव्यः: to be seen; must be seen
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रष्टव्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वराजभिः: by all kings
• सर्वराजभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वराज
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• naraka (hell)
• sarva-rāja (all kings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse counsels restraint of anger and frames the vision of hell as an inevitable consequence tied to the burdens and moral entanglements of kingship; one should accept the experience as part of karmic order rather than react with wrath.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses a listener who has been made to witness hell and urges him not to be angry, explaining that such a sight is something all kings are destined to encounter.