Shloka 5
Marutta’s Sacrifice and Agni’s Embassy (मरुत्त-यज्ञे दूतत्वम्)
इन्द्र वाच सर्वान् कामाननुयातो<सि वित्र यस्त्वं देवानां मन्त्रवित्सुपुरोधा: । उभौ च ते जरामृत्यू व्यतीतौ कि संवर्तस्तव कर्ताद्य विप्र,इन्द्रने कहा--ब्रह्मन! सम्पूर्ण मनोवांछित भोग आपको प्राप्त हैं; क्योंकि आप देवताओंके मन्त्रज्ञ पुरोहित हैं। आपने जरा और मृत्यु दोनोंको जीत लिया है। फिर संवर्त आपका क्या कर सकते हैं?
indra uvāca—sarvān kāmān anuyāto ’si, vipra; yas tvaṃ devānāṃ mantravit supurodhāḥ | ubhau ca te jarāmṛtyū vyatītau; kiṃ saṃvartas tava kartādya, vipra ||
Indra said: “O Brahmin, you have attained every desired enjoyment, for you are the gods’ learned priest, a knower of sacred mantras. You have even transcended both old age and death. What, then, can Saṃvarta do to you now, O Brahmin?”
संवर्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the esteem given to mantra-knowledge and priestly spiritual authority: one who has attained fulfillment and transcended aging and death is portrayed as beyond ordinary threats, making worldly opposition seem powerless.
Indra addresses a Brahmin figure, praising his status as the gods’ mantra-knowing priest and asserting that he has overcome old age and death; therefore Indra questions what Saṃvarta could possibly do against him now.