Shloka 14
Nāga-prādhānya-nāma-kathana
Principal Nāga Names Enumerated
इन्द्राच्छतगुण: शौर्ये वीर्ये चैव मनोजव: । तपसो न: फलेनाद्य दारुण: सम्भवत्विति,'शौर्य और वीर्यमें इन्द्रसे वह सौगुना बढ़कर हो। उसका वेग मनके समान तीव्र हो। हमारी तपस्याके फलसे अब ऐसा ही वीर प्रकट हो जो इन्द्रके लिये भयंकर हो”
śaunaka uvāca |
indrāc chataguṇaḥ śaurye vīrye caiva manojavaḥ |
tapaso naḥ phalenādya dāruṇaḥ sambhavattv iti ||
Śaunaka sprach: „Möge er Indra an Tapferkeit und Heldenkraft hundertfach übertreffen; möge seine Schnelligkeit der des Geistes gleichen. Durch die Frucht unserer Askese möge heute ein solcher Krieger geboren werden—eine schreckliche Bedrohung selbst für Indra.“
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the perceived potency of tapas (austerity) to generate extraordinary worldly power. Ethically, it also warns that spiritual discipline can be directed toward rivalry and domination—seeking a boon that makes one ‘terrible even to Indra’—showing how intention (saṅkalpa) shapes the moral quality of ascetic achievement.
Śaunaka reports a benedictive wish/prayer: that, through the fruit of ‘our austerities,’ a warrior be born who surpasses Indra a hundredfold in valor and strength and is mind-swift—so formidable that even Indra would fear him.