Shloka 46

Devanagari script

ततस्तदमृतं तस्यै ददुस्ते मूढचेतस: । स्त्रिये दानवदैतेया: सर्वे तदूग़तमानसा:,समस्त दैत्यों और दानवोंने उस मोहिनीपर अपना हृदय निछावर कर दिया। उनके चित्तमें मूढ़ता छा गयी। अतः उन सबने स्त्रीरूपधारी भगवानको वह अमृत सौंप दिया

Transliteration

tatas tad amṛtaṃ tasyai dadus te mūḍha-cetasaḥ | striye dānava-daiteyāḥ sarve tad-ūḍha-tamānasāḥ ||

Translation

Alors les Daityas et les Dānavas, l’esprit obscurci par l’illusion et l’ivresse du désir, lui remirent ce nectar — à celle qui portait la forme d’une femme (Mohinī). Ayant livré leur discernement à la convoitise, ils confièrent le prix de leurs efforts à celle qui allait les en priver.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तत्that (thing)

अमृतम्nectar, ambrosia

तस्यैto her

ददुःgave

तेthey

मूढचेतसःof deluded mind

स्त्रियेto the woman

दानवदैतेयाःthe Dānavas and Daityas

सर्वेall

तद्गतम्gone to her/that; fixed upon her/that

मानसाःhaving minds (so disposed)

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Amṛta (nectar of immortality)

Daityas

Dānavas

Mohinī (implied by 'strī', the woman-form who receives the amṛta)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how moha (delusion) and uncontrolled desire can eclipse discernment, causing one to surrender hard-won gains to unworthy or deceptive influences. Ethically, it warns that lack of self-mastery leads to both moral and practical defeat.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the churning of the ocean and the emergence of amṛta, the Daityas and Dānavas become captivated by the enchanting woman-form (Mohinī). Their minds grow confused, and they themselves hand the nectar to her, enabling its distribution away from them.