Shloka 34
Marutta’s Sacrifice and Agni’s Embassy (मरुत्त-यज्ञे दूतत्वम्)
हनुरेका जगतीस्था तथैका दिव॑ गता महतो दानवस्य । सहस॑ दन््तानां शतयोजनानां सुतीक्ष्णानां घोररूपं बभूव
hanur ekā jagatī-sthā tathaikā divaṁ gatā mahato dānavasya | sahasra-dantānāṁ śata-yojanānāṁ su-tīkṣṇānāṁ ghora-rūpaṁ babhūva ||
Dijo Śakra: “Una de las mandíbulas de aquel poderoso Dānava reposaba sobre la tierra, mientras la otra se alzaba hasta el cielo. Tenía miles de dientes afilados como navajas, cada uno de cien yojanas de longitud; y así su apariencia se volvía aterradora.”
शक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses hyperbolic, terrifying imagery to portray demonic power as excessive and destabilizing; by implication, dharma requires that such threats to the world’s balance be checked by rightful authority and protective action.
Śakra (Indra) describes a colossal Dānava whose jaw spans from earth to heaven and whose immense, sharp teeth make him dreadful, emphasizing the magnitude of the danger faced.