Shloka 19
अध्याय ३४ — एलापत्रस्योपदेशः
Elāpatra’s Counsel on the Nāgas’ Deliverance
अदासी चैव मातेयमद्यप्रभृति चास्तु मे । यथोक्त भवतामेतद् वचो मे प्रतिपादितम्,तदनन्तर अत्यन्त प्रसन्न-से होकर वे समस्त सर्पोंसे इस प्रकार बोले--'पन्नगो! मैंने तुम्हारे लिये यह अमृत ला दिया है। इसे कुशोंपर रख देता हूँ। तुम सब लोग स्नान और मंगल-कर्म (स्वस्ति-वाचन आदि) करके इस अमृतका पान करो। अमृतके लिये भेजते समय तुमने यहाँ बैठकर मुझसे जो बातें कही थीं, उनके अनुसार आजसे मेरी ये माता दासीपनसे मुक्त हो जाये; क्योंकि तुमने मेरे लिये जो काम बताया था, उसे मैंने पूर्ण कर दिया है”
śakra uvāca | adāsī caiva māteyam adyaprabhṛti cāstu me | yathoktaṁ bhavatām etad vaco me pratipāditam ||
Śakra (Indra) said: “From today onward, let this mother of mine no longer be a slave. In accordance with what you all had stated, I have now fulfilled your instruction and carried out what was required of me.”
शक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes ethical reciprocity and fidelity to one’s word: when a task is completed as agreed, the promised outcome—here, freedom from servitude—should be honored without delay.
Indra addresses the serpents and declares that, from that day, his mother is to be considered freed from slavery, because he has fulfilled the work they had required of him (in the surrounding episode, connected with bringing amṛta).