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Shloka 7

इन्द्रवृत्रयुद्धवर्णनम्

Indra–Vṛtra Conflict and the Adversaries’ Tapas-Targeting Counsel

ततो वायु: प्रादुरभूदधस्तस्य महात्मन: । शब्देन महता तात गर्जन्निव यथा घन:,तात! उस समय महात्मा अगस्त्यकी गुदासे गर्जते हुए मेघकी भाँति भारी आवाजके साथ अधोवायु निकली

tato vāyuḥ prādurabhūd adhastasyā mahātmanaḥ | śabdena mahatā tāta garjann iva yathā ghanaḥ ||

ثم خرج من أسفل ذلك العظيم النفس—يا بُنيّ—هبوبُ ريحٍ فجأةً، بصوتٍ عظيم، يزأر كالسحاب الرعدي. ويُبرز السردُ ما قد يصاحب قوة الزهد من مظاهر خارقة، بل مُقلِقة، حين تُختبَر كرامةُ المرء وضبطُ النفس.

ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
वायुःwind; air
वायुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवायु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रादुरभूत्appeared; came forth
प्रादुरभूत्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रादुर्-भू
FormAorist (simple past), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
अधःdownwards; from below
अधः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधः
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
महात्मनःof the great-souled one
महात्मनः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
शब्देनwith a sound
शब्देन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशब्द
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
महताgreat, loud
महता:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
तातO dear one (address)
तात:
TypeNoun
Rootतात
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
गर्जन्roaring
गर्जन्:
TypeVerb
Rootगर्ज्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
इवlike, as if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
यथाas, just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
घनःcloud
घनः:
TypeNoun
Rootघन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

लोगमश उवाच

L
Lomāśa
M
mahātmā (the great-souled ascetic, contextually Agastya in this episode)
V
vāyu (wind)
G
ghana (thundercloud)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights that even great ascetics may display startling manifestations of power or bodily force; the ethical reflection it invites is toward restraint (saṃyama) and dignity—spiritual attainment is not merely spectacle, and self-mastery remains central.

Lomāśa describes a moment when a powerful gust issues from below the great-souled ascetic, accompanied by a tremendous sound, compared to the roar of a thundercloud—an emphatic, vivid detail within the episode’s storytelling.