Shloka 13

Nāga-prādhānya-nāma-kathana

Principal Nāga Names Enumerated

Devanagari script

कामवीर्य: कामगमो देवराजभयप्रद: । इन्द्रो5न्य: सर्वदेवानां भवेदिति यतव्रता:,संयमपूर्वक उत्तम व्रतका पालन करनेवाले वे महर्षि यह संकल्प करते थे कि --'सम्पूर्ण देवताओंके लिये कोई दूसरा ही इन्द्र उत्पन्न हो, जो वर्तमान देवराजके लिये भयदायक, इच्छानुसार पराक्रम करने-वाला और अपनी रुचिके अनुसार चलनेकी शक्ति रखनेवाला हो

Transliteration

śaunaka uvāca |

kāmavīryaḥ kāmagamo devarājabhayapradaḥ |

indro 'nyaḥ sarvadevānāṃ bhaved iti yatavratāḥ ||

Translation

Śaunaka sprach: „(Die Weisen), standhaft in ihren Gelübden, fassten diesen Entschluss: ‚Möge für alle Götter ein anderer Indra entstehen—einer, der nach Belieben Macht entfaltet, sich bewegt, wie es ihm gefällt, und dem gegenwärtigen Götterkönig Furcht einflößt.‘“

Word by Word

कामवीर्यःhaving strength as desired / whose prowess is at will

कामगमःmoving as desired / able to go at will

देवराजभयप्रदःgiving fear to the king of gods (Indra)

इन्द्रःIndra

अन्यःanother

सर्वदेवानाम्of all the gods

भवेत्may become / should be

इतिthus

यतव्रताःof restrained vows / observing strict vows

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śaunaka

Indra

Devas (the gods)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that disciplined asceticism and strict vows (vrata) can generate formidable potency, but the moral weight depends on the aim: directing spiritual power toward rivalry and fear reveals the ethical tension between self-control and the intention motivating it.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śaunaka reports that vow-observant sages form a resolve that a new Indra should arise—endowed with wish-driven prowess and freedom of movement—who would threaten the current lord of the gods, indicating a plotline of ascetic power challenging divine authority.