Shloka 14

Śatarudrīya-prabhāva and Rudra’s Supremacy (शतरुद्रीयप्रभावः)

Devanagari script

मरुतो वसव: साध्या विश्वेदेवा: सवासवा: । यक्षा नागा: पिशाचाश्न लोकपाला हुताशना:

Transliteration

maruto vasavaḥ sādhyā viśvedevāḥ savāsavāḥ | yakṣā nāgāḥ piśācāś ca lokapālā hutāśanāḥ ||

Translation

Narada said: “The Maruts, the Vasus, the Sādhyas, the Viśvedevas along with Indra, the Yakṣas, the Nāgas, the Piśācas, the guardians of the worlds, and Agni—these divine and semi-divine orders are all present here.”

Word by Word

मरुतःthe Maruts (storm-gods)

वसवःthe Vasus

साध्याःthe Sādhyas

विश्वेदेवाःthe Viśvedevas (all the gods)

सवासवाःtogether with Indra (with the Vasava)

यक्षाःYakṣas

नागाःNāgas (serpent-beings)

पिशाचाःPiśācas (ghouls)

लोकपालाःguardians of the worlds (Lokapālas)

हुताशनाःHutāśanas (fires; Agnis)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Narada

Maruts

Vasus

Sadhyas

Vishvedevas

Indra (Vasava)

Yakshas

Nagas

Pishachas

Lokapalas

Agni (Hutashana)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

By listing many classes of gods and beings, the verse emphasizes that dharma is cosmic in scope: actions and vows are witnessed and upheld by a vast moral universe, not only by human society.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada is enumerating divine and semi-divine orders—Maruts, Vasus, Sādhyas, Viśvedevas, Indra, Yakṣas, Nāgas, Piśācas, Lokapālas, and Agni—framing the discussion with the sense that powerful cosmic beings are present as observers or participants in the matter at hand.