Shloka 3.7.10
सुतीक्ष्णाश्रमप्रवेशः — Entry into Sutikshna’s Hermitage
इहोपयातः काकुत्थ्स देवराजश्शतक्रतुः।।3.7.10।।उपागम्य च मे देवो महादेवस्सुरेश्वरः।सर्वान् लोकाञ्जितानाह मम पुण्येन कर्मणा।।3.7.11।।
ihopayātaḥ kākutthsa devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ || 3.7.10 ||
upāgamya ca me devo mahādevaḥ sureśvaraḥ |
sarvān lokāñ jitān āha mama puṇyena karmaṇā || 3.7.11 ||
“O Kakutstha, Indra—the king of the devas, Śatakratu—came here to me. Approaching, that great Lord of the gods declared: ‘By my meritorious deeds I have won all the worlds.’”
O scion of the Kakutstha family, Indra, king of the gods came to me and said that by my meritorious deeds I have won all the worlds.
Karma and puṇya as moral causality: righteous action yields spiritual attainment; the verse frames ‘winning worlds’ as the fruit of merit rather than mere power.
A sage recounts a prior divine visitation: Indra came and spoke about the results of meritorious deeds, within the hermitage-setting of Aranyakanda Sarga 7.
Puṇya-karman (meritorious conduct) and satya-vacana (truthful declaration): the teaching highlights ethical action as the basis of higher attainments.