Shloka 164

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

जघान तारक चापि दैत्यमन्यांस्तथासुरान्‌ । त्रिदशेन्द्राज्ञया ब्रहाँल्‍लोकानां हितकाम्यया

Transliteration

jaghāna tārakaṃ cāpi daityam anyāṃs tathāsurān | tridaśendrājñayā brahman lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā ||

Translation

Vasiṣṭha dit : «Poussé par l’ordre d’Indra, seigneur des dieux, et mû par le désir d’assurer le bien des mondes, il abattit Tāraka ainsi que d’autres Daityas et Asuras, ô brahmane. »

Word by Word

• जघान: slew/killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद, परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथम, एकवचन

• तारकम्: Tāraka (the demon)
• तारकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)

• दैत्यम्: the Daitya (demon)
• दैत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अन्यान्: other
• अन्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)

• असुरान्: Asuras (demons)
• असुरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• त्रिदशेन्द्राज्ञया: by the command of the lord of the gods (Indra)
• त्रिदशेन्द्राज्ञया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदशेन्द्र-आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• ब्रह्मलोकानाम्: of the Brahma-worlds / Brahma-realms
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• हितकाम्यया: with the desire for welfare (of beings)
• हितकाम्यया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हितकाम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Indra (Tridaśendra)
• Tāraka (Tārakāsura)
• Daityas
• Asuras
• Lokas (the worlds)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Violence is framed as dharmic only when it is undertaken under legitimate authority and for the protection and welfare of the worlds, not from personal hatred or gain.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha recounts that, acting on Indra’s command and intending the good of all beings, a divine champion slew the demon Tāraka along with other Daityas and Asuras.