Shloka 7
Adhyaya 5 — Tvashta’s Wrath, the Birth of Vritra, and the Divine Descent as the Pandavas
इन्द्रशत्रुरमेयात्मा त्वष्टृतेजोपबृंहितः ।
अहन्यहनि सोऽवर्धदिषुपातं महाबलः ॥
indraśatrur ameyātmā tvaṣṭṛ-tejopabṛṃhitaḥ /
ahany ahani so 'vardhad iṣupātaṃ mahābalaḥ
Indra’s foe, immeasurable in nature, strengthened by Tvaṣṭṛ’s fiery power—day after day that mighty one increased, growing in martial prowess as though raining down arrows.
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FAQs
Power (tejas) when amplified without restraint can rapidly magnify conflict. The verse underscores how sustained cultivation—here, of weapon-skill and aggression—creates a compounding effect. Ethically, it warns that intention and guidance matter: the same ‘tejas’ that can uphold order can, when directed toward enmity, become a force of disruption.
Primarily within Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita (genealogical/narrative accounts of notable beings) and indirectly Manvantara narrative texture (as Deva–Asura episodes populate manvantara histories). It is not a direct Sarga/Pratisarga cosmogenesis verse, but a historical-epic development within the Purāṇic chronicle mode.
‘Indra’ often symbolizes sovereign order and the integrating power of the mind/realm; ‘Indra’s foe’ signifies the counter-current—egoic or chaotic force that grows by repeated reinforcement (ahany ahani). ‘Tvaṣṭṛ-tejas’ suggests “crafted potency”: energy shaped and intensified by formative intelligence. The ‘arrow-rain’ (iṣupāta) can be read as the outward projection of proliferating impulses—when fed daily, they become overwhelming.