Shloka 26

Marutta’s Sacrifice: Indra’s Threat, Saṃvarta’s Mantric Restraint, and Divine Reconciliation (अध्याय १०)

Devanagari script

व्याय उवाच एवमुक्तस्त्वाज्धिरसेन शक्र: समादिदेश स्वयमेव देवान्‌ । सभा: क्रियन्तामावसथाश्न मुख्या: सहस्रशश्रित्रभूता: समृद्धा:

Transliteration

Vyāya uvāca: evam uktas tv ājadhirasena śakraḥ samādideśa svayam eva devān | sabhāḥ kriyantām āvasathāś ca mukhyāḥ sahasraśaś citrabhūtāḥ samṛddhāḥ ||

Translation

ব্যাস বললেন—রাজন! আজধিরসেন (সংবর্ত)-এর এমন কথায় শক্র (ইন্দ্র) নিজেই দেবতাদের আদেশ দিলেন—“হাজারে হাজারে সমৃদ্ধ ও বিচিত্র নকশার সভাগৃহ এবং প্রধান আবাস নির্মিত হোক।”

Word by Word

• {'evam': 'thus, in this manner', 'uktas': 'having been spoken to

• addressed', 'tu': 'but, then', 'śakraḥ': 'Śakra

• Indra', 'samādideśa': 'commanded, ordered, directed', 'svayam eva': 'himself indeed

• personally', 'devān': 'the gods (accusative plural)', 'sabhāḥ': 'assembly-halls

• public halls', 'kriyantām': 'let them be made/constructed (imperative passive)', 'āvasathāḥ': 'dwellings, residences, lodgings', 'ca': 'and', 'mukhyāḥ': 'chief, principal, foremost', 'sahasraśaḥ': 'by the thousand

• in thousands', 'citrabhūtāḥ': 'variegated

• of diverse/ornate appearance', 'samṛddhāḥ': 'prosperous, well-provided, richly endowed'}

Speaker

व्याय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāya
• Ājadhirasena
• Śakra (Indra)
• Devas (gods)
• Sabhā (assembly-halls)
• Āvasatha (residences)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights responsible leadership: when a directive aligned with welfare is received, the ruler (here Indra) must act decisively and mobilize capable agents to create stable institutions and shared prosperity (assembly-halls and residences).

What is happening in the narrative?

After being addressed by Ājadhirasena, Indra personally commands the gods to construct, in great number, richly appointed and beautifully varied assembly-halls and principal dwellings—signaling organized preparation and the establishment of an auspicious, well-ordered setting.