Shloka 156

Vāsudeva’s Upadeśa: The Inner Enemy and the Indra–Vṛtra Precedent (आत्मशत्रु-बोधः; इन्द्र-वृत्रोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

आकाशमभिदुद्राव जग्राह विषयं ततः । वायुके भीतर अमित तेजस्वी वज्ञसे पीड़ित हो वृत्रासुर भागकर आकाशमें जा छिपा और उसके विषयको ग्रहण करने लगा

Transliteration

ākāśam abhidudrāva jagrāha viṣayaṃ tataḥ | vāyuke bhītara amit tejasvī vajñase pīḍito ho vṛtrāsura bhāgakara ākāśa meṃ jā chipā aura usake viṣayako grahaṇa karane lagā

Translation

Vāyu said: “He fled swiftly into the sky and then seized upon his object. Terrified of Vāyu’s power, the immensely radiant Vṛtrāsura—struck and tormented by the thunderbolt—ran off and hid in the heavens, seeking to take hold of his intended refuge.”

Word by Word

• आकाशम्: sky
• आकाशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अभिदुद्राव: ran towards / rushed at
• अभिदुद्राव: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु (धावने)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• जग्राह: seized / took hold
• जग्राह: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (ग्रहणे)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• विषयम्: object / domain / sphere
• विषयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ततः: then / thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyu)
• वृत्रासुर (Vṛtrāsura/Vṛtra)
• वज्र (Vajra, thunderbolt)
• आकाश (Ākāśa, the sky)