Shloka 6

Nāga-prādhānya-nāma-kathana

Principal Nāga Names Enumerated

Devanagari script

तत्रेध्मानयने शक्रो नियुक्त: कश्यपेन ह | मुनयो वालखिल्याश्न ये चान्ये देवतागणा:,उस यज्ञमें कश्यपजीने इन्द्रको समिधा लानेके कामपर नियुक्त किया था। वालखिल्य मुनियों तथा अन्य देवगणोंको भी यही कार्य सौंपा गया था

Transliteration

tatrendhmānayane śakro niyuktaḥ kaśyapena ha | munayo vālakhilyāś ca ye cānye devatāgaṇāḥ ||

Translation

In jenem Opfer bestimmte Kaśyapa Śakra (Indra) zu der Aufgabe, die Opferbrennhölzer herbeizubringen. Auch die Vālakhilya-Weisen und andere Scharen von Gottheiten wurden zu demselben Dienst eingeteilt.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there (in that context/place)
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• इध्म-आनयने: in the bringing of fuel-sticks
• इध्म-आनयने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इध्म-आनयन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नियुक्तः: was appointed/assigned
• नियुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-युज्
• Form: kta (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कश्यपेन: by Kaśyapa
• कश्यपेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• ह: indeed/for emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वालखिल्याः: Vālakhilya (named) (sages)
• वालखिल्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वालखिल्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देवता-गणाः: groups of deities
• देवता-गणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता-गण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śaunaka
• Kaśyapa
• Śakra (Indra)
• Vālakhilya sages
• Devatāgaṇas (hosts of deities)
• Yajña (sacrifice)
• Idhma/Samidha (sacrificial fuel-sticks)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual life is governed by dharma: status does not exempt anyone from service. Even Indra is assigned a humble task, showing that discipline, obedience, and humility sustain sacred order.

What is happening in the narrative?

During a sacrifice conducted under Kaśyapa’s authority, Indra is tasked with fetching sacrificial fuel. The Vālakhilya sages and other deities are likewise assigned to bring fuel-sticks, setting the stage for tensions about honor, duty, and ritual precedence.