Shloka 66

Devanagari script

तदुपश्रुत्य मघवा प्रणिपत्य पितामहम्‌

Transliteration

tadupaśrutya maghavā praṇipatya pitāmaham

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: «Al oír aquello, Maghavā (Indra) se inclinó con reverencia ante el Abuelo Primordial, reconociendo su autoridad superior y el peso de lo dicho.»

Word by Word

• तत्: that (news/statement)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उपश्रुत्य: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-श्रु (धातु: श्रु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund), Non-finite

• मघवा: Maghavan (Indra)
• मघवा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मघवन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रणिपत्य: having bowed down / having prostrated
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नि-पत् (धातु: पत्)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund), Non-finite

• पितामहम्: to the grandsire (Brahmā)
• पितामहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Maghavā (Indra)
• Pitāmaha (Brahmā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the most powerful must show humility before rightful authority; reverence to the ‘grandsire’ symbolizes acceptance of a higher dharmic and cosmic order beyond personal power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Indra, after hearing the preceding statement or event, approaches and prostrates before Pitāmaha, marking a moment of deference and acknowledgment within the divine or cosmic hierarchy.