Shloka 6

Nāga-prādhānya-nāma-kathana

Principal Nāga Names Enumerated

Devanagari script

तत्रेध्मानयने शक्रो नियुक्त: कश्यपेन ह | मुनयो वालखिल्याश्न ये चान्ये देवतागणा:,उस यज्ञमें कश्यपजीने इन्द्रको समिधा लानेके कामपर नियुक्त किया था। वालखिल्य मुनियों तथा अन्य देवगणोंको भी यही कार्य सौंपा गया था

Transliteration

tatrendhmānayane śakro niyuktaḥ kaśyapena ha | munayo vālakhilyāś ca ye cānye devatāgaṇāḥ ||

Translation

Dans ce sacrifice, Kaśyapa chargea Śakra (Indra) d’apporter les bûchettes de combustible pour le feu rituel. Les sages Vālakhilya, ainsi que d’autres groupes de divinités, reçurent eux aussi le même service.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there (in that context/place)
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• इध्म-आनयने: in the bringing of fuel-sticks
• इध्म-आनयने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इध्म-आनयन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नियुक्तः: was appointed/assigned
• नियुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-युज्
• Form: kta (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कश्यपेन: by Kaśyapa
• कश्यपेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• ह: indeed/for emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वालखिल्याः: Vālakhilya (named) (sages)
• वालखिल्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वालखिल्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देवता-गणाः: groups of deities
• देवता-गणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता-गण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śaunaka
• Kaśyapa
• Śakra (Indra)
• Vālakhilya sages
• Devatāgaṇas (hosts of deities)
• Yajña (sacrifice)
• Idhma/Samidha (sacrificial fuel-sticks)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual life is governed by dharma: status does not exempt anyone from service. Even Indra is assigned a humble task, showing that discipline, obedience, and humility sustain sacred order.

What is happening in the narrative?

During a sacrifice conducted under Kaśyapa’s authority, Indra is tasked with fetching sacrificial fuel. The Vālakhilya sages and other deities are likewise assigned to bring fuel-sticks, setting the stage for tensions about honor, duty, and ritual precedence.