Shloka 15

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 53: Arjuna’s Jayadratha-vadha Pratijñā and Droṇa’s Protective Vyūha (शकटा-पद्म व्यूहः)

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच श्रुत्वा हि वचन देव: प्रजानां हितकारणे | तेज: संधारयामास पुनरेवान्तरात्मनि,नारदजी कहते हैं--राजन्‌! प्रजाके हितके लिये महादेवका यह वचन सुनकर भगवान्‌ ब्रह्माने पुन: अपनी अन्तरात्मामें ही उस तेज (क्रोध)-को धारण कर लिया

Transliteration

nārada uvāca: śrutvā hi vacanaṃ devaḥ prajānāṃ hitakāraṇe | tejaḥ saṃdhārayāmāsa punar evāntarātmani ||

Translation

ನಾರದನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಪ್ರಜಗಳ ಹಿತಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಹೇಳಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ಆ ಮಾತನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ ದೇವ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನು ತನ್ನ ದಹಿಸುವ ತೇಜಸ್ಸು—ಏಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಕೋಪವನ್ನು—ನಿಗ್ರಹಿಸಿ, ಅದನ್ನು ಮತ್ತೆ ತನ್ನ ಅಂತರಾತ್ಮದಲ್ಲೇ ಧರಿಸಿದನು.

Word by Word

नारदःNarada

उवाचsaid

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

हिindeed

वचनम्word, speech

देवःthe god (the lord)

प्रजानाम्of the creatures/subjects

हितकारणेin/for the cause of welfare

तेजःsplendor; fiery energy

संधारयामासheld back, restrained, bore

पुनःagain

एवindeed, just

अन्तरात्मनिin the inner self

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Brahmā

Mahādeva (Śiva)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power (tejas) should be governed by dharma: when an action is weighed against the welfare of beings (prajānāṃ hita), even a god restrains anger and contains it within, modeling self-mastery and responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada narrates that after hearing Mahadeva’s words spoken for the good of creatures, Brahma checks the surge of fiery energy/anger and withdraws it back into his inner self instead of letting it manifest outwardly.