Shloka 4
Vṛtra’s Cosmic Threat, Viṣṇu’s Upāya, and the Conditional Vulnerability
Udyoga-parva 10
तस्माद् विनिश्चयमिमं शृणुध्व॑ त्रेदिवौकस: । विष्णो: क्षयमुपागम्य समेत्य च महात्मना । तेन सम्मन्त्रय वेत्स्थामो वधोपायं दुरात्मन:
tasmād viniścayam imaṃ śṛṇudhva tredivaukasaḥ | viṣṇoḥ kṣayam upāgamya sametya ca mahātmanā | tena sammantraya vetsyāmo vadhopāyaṃ durātmanaḥ ||
সেয়ে, হে ত্ৰিদিববাসী দেৱগণ, মোৰ এই দৃঢ় সিদ্ধান্ত শুনা—চ’লো আমি বিষ্ণুৰ ধামলৈ যাওঁ; সেই মহাত্মাৰ সৈতে সাক্ষাৎ কৰি, তেওঁৰ পৰামৰ্শ লৈ, সেই দুষ্টাত্মাৰ বধৰ উপায় জানো।
इन्द्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when confronting a destructive evil, action should proceed from deliberation and alignment with dharma—seeking higher, principled guidance rather than acting from anger or haste.
Indra addresses the assembled gods and proposes a collective decision: they should go to Viṣṇu’s abode, meet the great Supreme One, and consult him to learn the proper means to kill a wicked adversary.