Shloka 31
कालनिर्णयः, युगधर्मवर्णनम्, सृष्टिक्रमश्च
Time-Reckoning, Yuga-Dharma, and the Sequence of Creation
नाहं तदनुशोचामि नात्मभ्रंशं शचीपते । एवं मे निश्िता बुद्धि: शास्तुस्तिष्ठाम्यहं वशे,शचीपते! मुझे अपने इस पतनके लिये तनिक भी शोक नहीं होता है, मेरी बुद्धिका ऐसा निश्चय है कि मैं सदा सबके शासक ईश्वरके वशमें हूँ
nāhaṃ tad anuśocāmi nātmabhraṃśaṃ śacīpate | evaṃ me niścitā buddhir śāstuḥ tiṣṭhāmy ahaṃ vaśe ||
Śakra (Indra) said: “I do not grieve over that, nor over my own fall, O lord of Śacī. My understanding is firmly resolved: I remain always under the governance of the supreme Ruler.”
श॒क्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches non-lamentation and steadiness of mind: even personal loss or ‘fall’ should be met with a settled conviction that one lives under a higher moral and cosmic governance (śāstuḥ vaśe). This frames resilience as grounded in dharma and surrender to rightful order rather than in ego or status.
Śakra (Indra) speaks about his own setback or decline in position and declares that he does not grieve. He explains that his intellect is firmly resolved to remain under the control of the supreme Ruler, indicating acceptance and humility amid changing fortune.