Shloka 37
Marutta’s Sacrifice and Agni’s Embassy (मरुत्त-यज्ञे दूतत्वम्)
क्षात्राद् बलाद् ब्रह्मबलं गरीयो न ब्रह्मतः किंचिदन्यद् गरीय: । सोऊहं जानन् ब्रह्मतेजो यथाव- न्न संवर्त जेतुमिच्छामि शक्र
kṣātrād balād brahmabalaṃ garīyo na brahmataḥ kiṃcid anyad garīyaḥ | so ’haṃ jānann brahmatejo yathāvan na saṃvartaṃ jetum icchāmi śakra ||
Śakra (Indra) erklärt, die Macht des Brāhmaṇa—eine geistige Kraft, gegründet auf Askese und heiliges Wissen—sei gewichtiger als bloße Kriegsmacht, und nichts überrage die brahmanische Kraft. Da er die wahre Wirksamkeit des brahma-tejas genau kennt, sagt er, er wünsche nicht einmal, Saṃvarta zu besiegen.
शक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that spiritual authority (brahma-bala/brahma-tejas), rooted in tapas and sacred knowledge, is superior to mere martial force; true wisdom includes recognizing limits and showing reverence toward higher dharmic power.
Indra (Śakra) speaks about the relative hierarchy of powers and, acknowledging the formidable brahma-tejas of the sage Saṃvarta, states that he does not even wish to try to defeat him.