Shloka 84

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तो देवदेवा भ्यां सहस्राक्षो5ब्रवीद्‌ वच: । आमन्त्र्य सर्वभूतानि ब्रह्देशानानुशासनम्‌

Transliteration

ity ukto devadevābhyāṃ sahasrākṣo 'bravīd vacaḥ | āmantṛya sarvabhūtāni brahadeśānānuśāsanam ||

Translation

Sañjaya dit : «Ainsi interpellé par les deux seigneurs divins, Indra aux mille yeux prit la parole. Après avoir pris congé, selon le rite, de tous les êtres, il énonça son ordre concernant les vastes contrées.»

Word by Word

इतिthus

उक्तःhaving been addressed/said to

देवदेवाभ्याम्by the two gods of gods (two great gods)

सहस्राक्षःthe thousand-eyed one (Indra)

अब्रवीत्said/spoke

वचःwords/speech

आमन्त्र्यhaving summoned/addressed

सर्वभूतानिall beings

ब्रह्मदेशान्the regions/places of Brahman (holy regions)

अनुशासनम्instruction/command

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

स

संजय (Sañjaya)

स

सहस्राक्ष (Indra)

द

देवदेवौ (two supreme deities, unnamed here)

स

सर्वभूतानि (all beings)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate authority is exercised through orderly speech and clear instruction: even a powerful deity acts with procedural propriety—taking leave of beings and then issuing governance—signaling that power should serve dharma and social/cosmic order rather than impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Indra, after being addressed by two supreme divine figures, responds with a formal statement. He then bids farewell to all beings and delivers an ordinance or directive concerning the wider realms, indicating a transition from dialogue to decisive action.