Shloka 11

हिरण्यपुरवर्णनम्

Description of Hiraṇyapura and the Nivātakavacas

Devanagari script

अत्र ते<धर्मनिरता बद्धा: कालेन पीडिता: । दैतेया निवसन्ति सम वासवेन हतश्रिय:,इन्द्रने जिनकी सम्पत्ति हर ली है, वे अधर्मपरायण दैत्य कालसे बद्ध एवं पीड़ित होकर इसी स्थानमें निवास करते हैं

Transliteration

atra te ’dharmaniratā baddhāḥ kālena pīḍitāḥ | daiteyā nivasanti samaṃ vāsavena hataśriyaḥ ||

Translation

Here dwell those Daityas who are devoted to unrighteousness—bound and tormented by Time—whose splendor and prosperity have been struck down by Vāsava (Indra).

Word by Word

अत्रhere

तेthose (they)

अधर्मनिरताःdevoted to unrighteousness

बद्धाःbound

कालेनby Time

पीडिताःafflicted, tormented

दैतेयाःDaityas (demons)

निवसन्तिdwell, reside

समम्together with / along with

वासवेनby Vāsava (Indra)

हतश्रियःwhose prosperity has been destroyed

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Daityas (Daiteyāḥ)

Indra (Vāsava)

Kāla (Time)

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?

Those who persist in adharma are ultimately restrained by Kāla (Time) and lose their śrī (prosperity and radiance); the verse frames downfall as a moral consequence enacted through cosmic time and divine power (Indra).

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada points out a group of Daityas residing in that place, describing them as bound and afflicted by Time and as having been deprived of their former prosperity after being struck down by Indra (Vāsava).