Shloka 14
च्यवन-यज्ञे अश्विनोः सोमग्रहण-विवादः
Cyavana’s Sacrifice and the Aśvins’ Soma Dispute
ग्रहीष्यन्तं तु तं सोममश्रिनोरुत्तमं तदा । समीक्ष्य बलभिद् देव इदं वचनमब्रवीत्
grahīṣyantaṃ tu taṃ somam aśrino ruttamaṃ tadā | samīkṣya balabhid devo idaṃ vacanam abravīt |
But just then, as he was about to seize that Soma—supreme and radiant—Balabhid, the god who shatters strength, observed him and spoke these words. The moment frames a moral turning-point: divine power intervenes not merely to display might, but to check an act of wrongful appropriation and to reassert rightful order.
लोगश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that power and desire must be governed by dharma: when someone is poised to take what is not rightly theirs, a higher moral authority may intervene to restrain the act and restore proper order.
A figure is on the verge of taking the supreme Soma; Indra (called Balabhid) notices this impending act and begins to address it, setting up a corrective or admonitory speech.