Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ततस्तु भगवानिन्द्र: संहृष्ट:ः समपद्यत । वरं च प्रददौ तस्मै अथर्वाज्िरसे तदा,इससे भगवान्‌ इन्द्र उनपर बहुत प्रसन्न हुए और उन्होंने उस समय अथर्वांगिरसको यह वर दिया--

Transliteration

tatastu bhagavān indraḥ saṁhṛṣṭaḥ samapadyata | varaṁ ca pradadau tasmai atharvāṅgirase tadā ||

Translation

Entonces el bienaventurado Indra, grandemente complacido, se acercó con favor; y en aquel momento concedió un don a Atharvāṅgirasa, dando a entender que el mérito espiritual sincero y la conducta recta pueden atraer la aprobación divina y un auxilio tangible.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तुbut/indeed

भगवान्the blessed/lordly one

इन्द्रःIndra

संहृष्टःdelighted, greatly pleased

समपद्यतbecame/was (thus), came to be

वरम्a boon

चand

प्रददौgave, granted

तस्मैto him

अथर्वाङ्गिरसेto Atharvāṅgirasa (Atharvan-and-Aṅgiras lineage/sage)

तदाat that time

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Indra

Atharvāṅgirasa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Divine favor (vara) is portrayed as responding to genuine merit and right spiritual conduct; the narrative frames boons not as arbitrary gifts but as acknowledgments of worthiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śalya reports that Indra, becoming very pleased, approaches and grants a boon to the sage Atharvāṅgirasa, marking a turning point where approval is concretely expressed through a promised gift.