Shloka 68
यस्त्वासीद् देवको नाम देवराजसमझ्युति: । स गन्धर्वपतिर्मुख्य: क्षितौ जज्ञे नराधिप:,इन्द्रके समान कान्तिमान् राजा देवकके रूपमें इस पृथ्वीपर श्रेष्ठ गन्धर्वराज ही उत्पन्न हुआ था
yastvāsīd devako nāma devarājasamadyutiḥ | sa gandharvapatiḥ mukhyaḥ kṣitau jajñe narādhipaḥ ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。かつてデーヴァカと呼ばれ、神々の王インドラに等しい輝きを放っていた者は、地上に生まれて人間の王となり、ガンダルヴァの第一の主として、インドラに比すべき光彩を具えていた。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents an ideal of kingship: true sovereignty is associated with inner and outer brilliance—eminence, dignity, and excellence—likened to Indra’s radiance, implying that noble qualities can manifest across realms (divine to human) through birth and destiny.
Vaiśampāyana continues a genealogical/mythic account, stating that a being named Devaka—chief among the Gandharvas and radiant like Indra—took birth on earth as a human king.