Shloka 12
Vāsudeva’s Upadeśa: The Inner Enemy and the Indra–Vṛtra Precedent (आत्मशत्रु-बोधः; इन्द्र-वृत्रोपाख्यानम्)
Devanagari script
व्याप्ते ज्योतिषि वृत्रेण रूपेडथ विषये हते
Transliteration
vyāpte jyotiṣi vṛtreṇa rūpeḍatha viṣaye hate
Translation
ヴァーユは言った。「光輝の界がヴリトラに遍く覆われ、しかも彼が顕現の領域において討たれたとき、諸世界の秩序はふたたび回復した。」
Word by Word
व्याप्तेwhen/where (it was) pervaded, in the pervaded state
व्याप्ते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootव्याप्त (√व्याप्)
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
ज्योतिषिin the light / in the luminary
ज्योतिषि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
वृत्रेणby Vṛtra
वृत्रेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्र
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
रूपेणby (his) form / in the form
रूपेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootरूप
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
अथthen
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
विषयेin the region / in the domain
विषये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootविषय
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
हतेwhen/where (he/it was) slain
हते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootहत (√हन्)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
व
वायुदेव (Vāyu)व
वृत्र (Vṛtra)ज
ज्योतिस् (jyotis, luminous realm/light)व
विषय (viṣaya, domain/sphere)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the slaying of Vṛtra as more than a battle: it is the removal of an obstruction that had overwhelmed the luminous order. Ethically, it presents rightful force as that which restores balance and protects the world’s proper functioning.
Vāyu recalls a moment when Vṛtra had spread over the realm of light (jyotis). After Vṛtra is killed within the ‘sphere’ (viṣaya), the implication is that the blockage is cleared and the cosmic situation returns to order.