निर्विण्णोऽहं निजस्थानभ्रंशाद्द्विजवरोत्तम । वर्षेवर्षे च सम्प्राप्ते स्थानकस्य च्युतिर्भवेत्
nirviṇṇo'haṃ nijasthānabhraṃśāddvijavarottama | varṣevarṣe ca samprāpte sthānakasya cyutirbhavet
I am weary, O best of Brāhmaṇas, from being cast down from my own station. With each year that comes, a further fall from my position seems to occur.
Indra (Vāsava) addressing Bṛhaspati (dvijavarottama) (deduced)
Scene: A deva or exalted figure, downcast and anxious, speaks to a venerable brāhmaṇa-teacher in a quiet hermitage or celestial court; the mood is of decline and supplication.
Even exalted status is unstable without dharma; repeated decline calls for disciplined devotion and righteous remedy.
Not named in this verse; the wider passage points toward Viṣṇu’s sphere (Kṣīroda) as the refuge.
None directly; it expresses the suffering that motivates the adoption of a prescribed vrata.
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