Shloka 1
Cyavana’s Reconciliation with Indra; Tīrtha-Indexing at Ārcīka-parvata and Yamunā
Chapter 125
हि >> न () है 7-2 पजञ्चविशर्त्याधिकशततमो< ध्याय: अश्िनीकुमारोंका यज्ञमें भाग स्वीकार कर लेनेपर इन्द्रका संकट-मुक्त होना तथा लोमशजीके द्वारा अन्यान्य तीर्थोंके महत्त्वका वर्णन लोगमश उवाच तं॑ दृष्टवा घोरवदनं मर्द देव: शतक्रतुः । आयान्तं भक्षयिष्यन्तं व्यात्ताननमिवान्तकम्
Lomaśa uvāca: taṁ dṛṣṭvā ghoravadanam mardaṁ devaḥ śatakratuḥ | āyāntaṁ bhakṣayiṣyantaṁ vyāttānanam ivāntakam ||
Lomaśa said: Seeing that terrifying, dreadful-faced Marda approaching—his mouth gaping wide like Death itself, as though he would devour him—Indra, the lord of the gods and performer of a hundred sacrifices, was seized by fear.
लोगमश उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power and status do not exempt one from the moral consequences of unfair exclusion in sacred matters; restoration of rightful shares and truthful concession become the path to relief and order.
Lomaśa narrates that Indra, seeing the dreadful Marda advancing with a gaping mouth like Death, becomes terrified; this fear sets up Indra’s later concession granting the Aśvins eligibility for Soma in the sacrifice, linked to Cyavana’s intervention.