Shloka 67

Devanagari script

ते तमूचुर्महात्मानं सर्वे देवा: सवासवा: । ब्रह्मदत्तवरा होते घोरास्त्रिपुरवासिन:

Transliteration

te tam ūcur mahātmānaṃ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ | brahmadattavarā hote ghorās tripuravāsinaḥ ||

Translation

Vyāsa sprach: Da wandten sich alle Götter, zusammen mit Vāsava (Indra), an jenen Großgesinnten: „O du, dem Brahmā Gaben verliehen hat, die schrecklichen Bewohner von Tripura…“

Word by Word

तेthey

तम्him

ऊचुःsaid

महात्मानम्the great-souled one

सर्वेall

देवाःgods

सवासवाःtogether with Indra (the Vasava)

ब्रह्मदत्तवराःhaving boons granted by Brahmā

होतेO Hotṛ (priest)

घोराःterrible

त्रिपुरवासिनःdwellers of Tripura

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

the gods (Devas)

Indra (Vāsava)

Brahmā

Hotā (sacrificial priest)

Tripura

Tripuravāsins (dwellers of Tripura)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how divine authority and moral urgency are communicated through proper channels: the gods, led by Indra, approach a qualified ritual authority (hotā) who bears Brahmā’s boon. It suggests that extraordinary threats require both spiritual legitimacy (boons, ritual office) and collective responsibility (the gods acting together) to uphold cosmic order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa narrates that the gods, with Indra, address a great-souled priest endowed with Brahmā’s boon, in connection with the fearsome inhabitants of Tripura. The line sets up a request or appeal—implying that the Tripuravāsins pose a grave danger and that the gods are seeking an effective, sanctioned means to respond.