Shloka 43
Vṛtra’s Cosmic Threat, Viṣṇu’s Upāya, and the Conditional Vulnerability
Udyoga-parva 10
विष्णु त्रिभुवनश्रेष्ठ पूजयामास धर्मवित् । ततो हते महावीर्यें वृत्रे देवभयंकरे
viṣṇuṃ tribhuvanaśreṣṭhaṃ pūjayāmāsa dharmavit | tato hate mahāvīrye vṛtre devabhayaṅkare |
শল্য ক’লে—ধৰ্মজ্ঞ দেৱৰাজে ত্ৰিভুবনশ্ৰেষ্ঠ ভগৱান বিষ্ণুৰ পূজা কৰিলে। তাৰ পাছত দেৱতাসকলৰ বাবে ভয়ংকৰ মহাবীৰ্যবান বৃত্ৰ নিহত হোৱাত, বিশ্বাসঘাতজনিত অসত্যৰ ভাৰে ইন্দ্ৰ অন্তৰে গভীৰ শোকত নিমগ্ন হ’ল; আৰু ত্ৰিশিৰা-বধৰ পৰা উৎপন্ন ব্ৰহ্মহত্যাৰ পাপটো আগতেই তেওঁক আচ্ছন্ন কৰি ৰাখিছিল॥
शल्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when a deed appears to secure victory or safety, violating trust and committing grave wrongdoing (asatya, viśvāsa-ghāta, brahmahatyā) produces inner torment and moral consequence; devotion and ritual honor cannot simply erase ethical culpability without confronting the fault.
After Vṛtra, a fearsome enemy of the gods, is killed, the narrative turns to Indra’s inner state: he becomes mentally distressed, burdened by the sense of betrayal and by the already-present stain of brahmahatyā connected with the killing of Triśiras; alongside this, worship of Viṣṇu is mentioned as a significant act in the aftermath.