Shloka 4

Devanagari script

भविष्यत: सहायौ ते नरनारायणौ तदा । ताभ्यां त्वं सहितो दावं धक्ष्यसे हव्यवाहन,“हव्यवाहन! उस समय नर और नारायण तुम्हारे सहायक होंगे। उन दोनोंके साथ रहकर तुम उस वनको जला सकोगे”

Transliteration

bhaviṣyataḥ sahāyau te naranārāyaṇau tadā | tābhyāṃ tvaṃ sahito dāvaṃ dhakṣyase havyavāhana ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “In the time to come, Nara and Nārāyaṇa will be your allies. United with those two, O Havyavāhana (Fire), you will be able to burn that forest.”

Word by Word

भविष्यतःfuture (ones)

सहायौhelpers

तेof you / your

नरनारायणौNara and Nārāyaṇa

तदाthen

ताभ्याम्with those two

त्वम्you

सहितःaccompanied (together)

दावम्forest(-fire) / forest

धक्ष्यसेyou will burn

हव्यवाहनO Havyavāhana (Agni, carrier of oblations)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Nara

Nārāyaṇa

Havyavāhana (Agni)

dāva (forest-fire/forest burning)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes that great undertakings—especially those with cosmic or moral consequences—are accomplished through rightful support and alignment with higher order: Agni’s power is effective when aided by Nara and Nārāyaṇa, figures associated with tapas and divine sanction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana foretells that in the future Agni (Havyavāhana) will receive the assistance of Nara and Nārāyaṇa; with their companionship he will be able to burn the forest (the intended conflagration), indicating a destined collaboration enabling the event.