Shloka 42
कालनिर्णयः, युगधर्मवर्णनम्, सृष्टिक्रमश्च
Time-Reckoning, Yuga-Dharma, and the Sequence of Creation
अहमेवोद्वहाम्यापो विसृजामि च वासव । तपामि चैव त्रैलोक्यं विद्योताम्पहमेव च
aham evodvahāmy āpo visṛjāmi ca vāsava | tapāmi caiva trailokyaṁ vidyotāmy aham eva ca ||
Wahai Vāsava! Akulah yang mengangkat air ke atas, dan akulah pula yang melepaskannya kembali. Akulah yang memanaskan tiga dunia, dan akulah juga yang, sebagai kilat, menyebarkan cahaya.
श॒क्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links authority with responsibility: the one who wields power must sustain order through beneficial, regulated action—like the cosmic cycle of lifting waters, releasing rain, giving warmth, and providing light.
Śakra (Indra) speaks in self-assertion, describing his cosmic functions—evaporation, rainfall, heating the worlds, and lightning—emphasizing his role in maintaining the world’s rhythms.