Shloka 42

Devanagari script

नमस्कृत: सर्वभूतै: सर्वभूतान्यसान्त्वयत्‌ । हत्वा शत्रु प्रह्षशत्मा वासव: सह दैवतै:,शत्रुको मारकर देवताओंसहित इन्द्रका हृदय हर्षसे भर गया। समस्त प्राणियोंने उन्हें नमस्कार किया और उन्होंने उन सबको सान्त्वना दी

Transliteration

namaskṛtaḥ sarvabhūtaiḥ sarvabhūtāny asāntvayat | hatvā śatruṃ prahṛṣṭātmā vāsavaḥ saha daivataiḥ ||

Translation

万有の生きとし生けるものに礼拝されると、ヴァーサヴァ（インドラ）は一切の衆生を慰め、安んじさせた。敵を討ち果たしたのち、神々とともにその心は歓喜に満ちた。

Word by Word

नमस्कृतःhaving been saluted / honored

सर्वभूतैःby all beings

सर्वभूतानिall beings

असान्त्वयत्he consoled

हत्वाhaving slain

शत्रून्enemies

प्रहृष्टात्माwhose heart/soul was delighted

वासवःVāsava (Indra)

सहtogether with

दैवतैःwith the gods / deities

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāsava (Indra)

daivatāḥ (the gods)

śatru (the enemy)

sarvabhūta (all beings)

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?

Even when force is used to remove a threat, dharmic leadership requires restoring reassurance and stability for all beings; victory is ethically incomplete without consoling and protecting those affected.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śalya describes Indra (Vāsava) after killing an enemy: all beings salute him, he feels elated along with the gods, and he then comforts and reassures the beings who look to him for protection.