Shloka 2

Marutta’s Sacrifice and Agni’s Embassy (मरुत्त-यज्ञे दूतत्वम्)

Devanagari script

ब॒हस्पतिरु्वाच सुखं शये शयने देवराज तथा मनोज्ञा: परिचारका मे । तथा देवानां सुखकामो<स्मि नित्यं देवाश्न मां सुभृशं॑ पालयन्ति

Transliteration

bṛhaspatir uvāca | sukhaṃ śaye śayane devarāja tathā manojñāḥ paricārakā me | tathā devānāṃ sukhakāmo 'smi nityaṃ devāś ca māṃ subhṛśaṃ pālayanti ||

Translation

Bṛhaspati dit : «Ô roi des dieux, je repose en paix sur ma couche, et des serviteurs agréables à mon esprit se tiennent auprès de moi. Je veille sans cesse au bien et au bonheur des dieux, et les dieux, en retour, me protègent et me soutiennent avec le plus grand soin.»

Word by Word

• {'bṛhaspatiḥ': 'Bṛhaspati

• preceptor of the gods', 'uvāca': 'said, spoke', 'sukham': 'comfortably, happily', 'śaye': 'I lie down

• I sleep', 'śayane': 'on the bed/couch

• in the resting-place', 'devarāja': 'O king of the gods (Indra)', 'tathā': 'and also

• likewise', 'manojñāḥ': 'pleasing, agreeable (to the mind)', 'paricārakāḥ': 'attendants, servants', 'me': 'my', 'devānām': 'of the gods', 'sukhakāmaḥ': 'one who desires the happiness/welfare (of others)', 'asmi': 'I am', 'nityam': 'always, continually', 'devāḥ ca': 'and the gods', 'mām': 'me', 'subhṛśam': 'greatly, exceedingly, very well', 'pālayanti': 'protect, maintain, look after'}

Speaker

संवर्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhaspati
• Devarāja (Indra)
• Devas (the gods)
• Śayana (bed/couch)
• Paricārakas (attendants)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights reciprocal duty: one who consistently seeks the welfare of others (here, Bṛhaspati for the gods) is, in turn, supported and protected by them. Ethical well-being and social stability arise from mutual care between guide and ruler, benefactor and beneficiary.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bṛhaspati addresses Devarāja (Indra), describing his own secure and comfortable condition—resting peacefully with agreeable attendants—because he is continually devoted to the gods’ welfare, and the gods therefore maintain and protect him diligently.