Shloka 16

Gandhamādana-praveśa and the Sudden Storm (गन्धमादनप्रवेशः — चण्डवातवर्षवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

एतान्यस्थीनि दैत्यस्य नरकस्य महात्मन: । पर्वतप्रतिमं भाति पर्वतप्रस्तराश्रितम्‌,“नरश्रेष्ठ यह जो सब ओर बिखरी हुई कैलासशिखरके समान सुन्दर प्रकाशयुक्त पर्वताकार वस्तु देख रहे हो, ये सब विशालकाय नरकासुरकी हडियाँ हैं। पर्वत और शिलाखण्डोंपर स्थित होनेके कारण ये भी पर्वतके समान ही प्रतीत होती हैं

Transliteration

etāny asthīni daityasya narakasya mahātmanaḥ | parvata-pratimaṁ bhāti parvata-prastara-āśritam ||

Translation

罗摩沙说道：“人中最胜者啊，这些乃是伟大的阿修罗族（Daitya）那罗迦之骨。它们倚伏于群山与岩崖之上，光泽闪耀，竟宛如一座山本身。因此，你所见四散其间、辉煌而山岳般的，实为那罗迦阿修罗（Narakāsura）巨大的遗骸。”

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'etāni', 'definition': 'these (things)'}, {'term': 'asthīni', 'definition': 'bones'}, {'term': 'daityasya', 'definition': 'of the Daitya (demon of the Diti-lineage)'}, {'term': 'narakasya', 'definition': 'of Naraka (Narakāsura)'}, {'term': 'mahātmanaḥ', 'definition': 'of the great-souled/mighty one (epithet indicating extraordinary power or stature)'}, {'term': 'parvata-pratimam', 'definition': 'resembling a mountain

• mountain-like'}, {'term': 'bhāti', 'definition': 'shines

• seems'}, {'term': 'parvata', 'definition': 'mountain'}, {'term': 'prastara', 'definition': 'rock, slab, crag, boulder'}, {'term': 'āśritam', 'definition': 'resting on

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lośa
• Naraka (Narakāsura)
• Daitya
• bones (asthīni)
• mountain (parvata)
• rocky crags/boulders (prastara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores impermanence: even a mighty asura’s vast body is reduced to scattered bones. What appears grand and mountain-like is still a remnant of death, reminding the listener that power and size do not exempt one from decay and consequence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lośa identifies a striking landscape feature—radiant, mountain-like masses scattered around—as the bones of the Daitya Naraka. Because they lie upon mountains and rocky outcrops, they seem like part of the mountain itself.