Shloka 34
Marutta’s Sacrifice and Agni’s Embassy (मरुत्त-यज्ञे दूतत्वम्)
हनुरेका जगतीस्था तथैका दिव॑ गता महतो दानवस्य । सहस॑ दन््तानां शतयोजनानां सुतीक्ष्णानां घोररूपं बभूव
hanur ekā jagatī-sthā tathaikā divaṁ gatā mahato dānavasya | sahasra-dantānāṁ śata-yojanānāṁ su-tīkṣṇānāṁ ghora-rūpaṁ babhūva ||
Śakra dit : « L’une des mâchoires de ce puissant Dānava reposait sur la terre, tandis que l’autre montait jusqu’au ciel. Il portait des milliers de dents acérées comme des lames, longues chacune de cent yojanas ; ainsi son aspect devenait terrifiant. »
शक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses hyperbolic, terrifying imagery to portray demonic power as excessive and destabilizing; by implication, dharma requires that such threats to the world’s balance be checked by rightful authority and protective action.
Śakra (Indra) describes a colossal Dānava whose jaw spans from earth to heaven and whose immense, sharp teeth make him dreadful, emphasizing the magnitude of the danger faced.