Shloka 5
Marutta’s Sacrifice and Agni’s Embassy (मरुत्त-यज्ञे दूतत्वम्)
इन्द्र वाच सर्वान् कामाननुयातो<सि वित्र यस्त्वं देवानां मन्त्रवित्सुपुरोधा: । उभौ च ते जरामृत्यू व्यतीतौ कि संवर्तस्तव कर्ताद्य विप्र
indra uvāca—sarvān kāmān anuyāto ’si, vipra; yas tvaṃ devānāṃ mantravit supurodhāḥ | ubhau ca te jarāmṛtyū vyatītau; kiṃ saṃvartas tava kartādya, vipra ||
Indra sprach: „O Brahmane, du hast alle gewünschten Genüsse erlangt, denn du bist der mantra-kundige Priester der Götter. Du hast sogar Alter und Tod überwunden. Was also könnte Saṁvarta dir jetzt noch antun, o Brahmane?“
संवर्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the esteem given to mantra-knowledge and priestly spiritual authority: one who has attained fulfillment and transcended aging and death is portrayed as beyond ordinary threats, making worldly opposition seem powerless.
Indra addresses a Brahmin figure, praising his status as the gods’ mantra-knowing priest and asserting that he has overcome old age and death; therefore Indra questions what Saṃvarta could possibly do against him now.