Shloka 563

Devanagari script

रसातले विनिक्षिप्य यत: शब्दस्ततो ट्रुतौ उन दोनों असुरोंने वह शब्द सुनकर वेदोंको कालपाशसे आबद्ध करके रसातलमें फेंक दिया और स्वयं उसी ओर दौड़े जिधरसे वह ध्वनि आ रही थी

Transliteration

rasātale vinikṣipya yataḥ śabdas tato drutau

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。（ヴェーダを）ラサータラへ投げ落としたのち、二人のアスラはその音を聞き、ヴェーダをカーラ・パーシャ—時の投げ縄—で縛って深みに投げ捨て、自らはその響きの来る方角へと一気に駆け出した。

Word by Word

रसातलेin Rasatala (netherworld)

विनिक्षिप्यhaving thrown/cast down

यतःfrom where

शब्दःsound

ततःthence/from there

त्रुटौin/at the two instants (very quickly)

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Rasātala

śabda (sound)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how adharma manifests as the deliberate concealment or suppression of sacred knowledge (symbolized by casting it into Rasātala) and as rash, sense-driven action (running after a mere sound). It implicitly affirms that the Vedas and dharma are to be protected, not bound or hidden.

What is happening in the narrative?

After binding the Vedas (as described in the surrounding narration) and throwing them into Rasātala, the two asuras immediately rush toward the direction from which a sound is heard, suggesting they are lured away while the Vedas remain concealed in the underworld.