Shloka 24

उद्योगपर्व अध्याय १३३ — संजये मातृउपदेशः

Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 133 — A Mother’s Counsel to Saṃjaya

Devanagari script

इन्द्रो वृत्रवधेनैव महेन्द्र: समपद्यत । माहेन्द्रं च गृहं लेभे लोकानां चेश्वरो5भवत्‌,एक शत्रुका वध करनेसे ही शूरवीर पुरुष सम्पूर्ण विश्वमें विख्यात हो जाता है। देवराज इन्द्र केवल वृत्रासुरका वध करके ही “महेन्द्र' नामसे प्रसिद्ध हो गये। उन्हें रहनेके लिये इन्द्रभवन प्राप्त हुआ और वे तीनों लोकोंके अधीश्वर हो गये

Transliteration

Indro vṛtravadhenaiva mahendraḥ samapadyata | māhendraṃ ca gṛhaṃ lebhe lokānāṃ ceśvaro 'bhavat ||

Translation

By the slaying of Vṛtra alone, Indra attained the status of ‘Mahendra’. He obtained the celestial mansion known as Māhendra as his dwelling, and he became the sovereign lord of the worlds.

Word by Word

• {'indraḥ': 'Indra, king of the gods', 'vṛtra-vadhena': 'by the killing of Vṛtra (vṛtra = the demon Vṛtra

• vadha = slaying)', 'eva': 'indeed, alone, just by', 'mahendraḥ': '‘Great Indra’, an epithet/title of Indra', 'samapadyata': 'attained, came to be, obtained (a state/status)', 'māhendraṃ': 'belonging to Mahendra

• the ‘Māhendra’ (celestial) palace/mansion', 'gṛham': 'house, dwelling, abode', 'lebhe': 'obtained, received', 'lokānām': 'of the worlds/peoples', 'ca': 'and', 'īśvaraḥ': 'lord, ruler, sovereign', 'abhavat': 'became'}

Speaker

पुत्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Vṛtra
• Māhendra-gṛha (Indra’s celestial abode)
• Lokāḥ (the worlds/three worlds)