Shloka 12
Marutta’s Sacrifice: Indra’s Threat, Saṃvarta’s Mantric Restraint, and Divine Reconciliation (अध्याय १०)
संवर्त उवाच भयं शक्राद् व्येतु ते राजसिंह प्रणोत्स्येडहं भयमेतत् सुघोरम् । संस्तम्भिन्या विद्यया क्षिप्रमेव मा भैस्त्वमस्याभिभवात् प्रतीत:
saṁvarta uvāca | bhayaṁ śakrād vyetu te rājasimha praṇotsyed ahaṁ bhayam etat sughoram | saṁstambhinyā vidyayā kṣipram eva mā bhaiḥ tvam asyābhibhavāt pratītaḥ ||
Saṁvarta dit : «Ô lion parmi les rois, que ta crainte de Śakra (Indra) s’évanouisse. Je chasserai cette peur des plus terribles. Par le sort Stambhinī, je neutraliserai promptement le danger effroyable qui fond sur toi. Aie foi en moi, et ne crains pas d’être vaincu par Indra.»
संवर्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes steadiness and trust in competent guidance when facing overwhelming power: fear should be dispelled through resolve, assurance, and the appropriate means of protection, rather than surrendering to panic.
Saṁvarta reassures a king who fears Indra, promising to remove the impending danger by employing the Stambhinī vidyā—an occult power meant to restrain or neutralize an adversary—urging him not to fear defeat.