Shloka 26

मधुकैटभवधोपाख्यानम्

The Account of the Slaying of Madhu and Kaiṭabha

Devanagari script

इन्द्र उवाच पुनरेव महाभाग देवर्षिगणसेवित

Transliteration

indra uvāca punar eva mahābhāga devarṣigaṇasevita

Translation

インドラは言った。「再び言おう、幸運に恵まれし者よ——この場（この集い）は、神聖なるリシたちの群れにより参集され、敬われている。」

Word by Word

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• महाभाग: O greatly fortunate one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• देवर्षिगणसेवित: served/attended by hosts of divine seers
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवर्षिगणसेवित
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

इन्द्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Devarṣis (divine seers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line underscores the ethical and spiritual value of association with the wise: what is ‘served by divine seers’ is implicitly worthy of reverence, suggesting that sanctity is recognized through the company it attracts.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra addresses a ‘greatly fortunate’ person and remarks that the setting or subject under discussion is again attended by groups of divine sages, marking the moment as solemn and spiritually significant.