Shloka 25
Indra Slays Namuci—The Limits of Power and the Triumph of Divine Strategy
अलक्षयन्तस्तमतीव विह्वला विचुक्रुशुर्देवगणा: सहानुगा: । अनायका: शत्रुबलेन निर्जिता वणिक्पथा भिन्ननवो यथार्णवे ॥ २५ ॥
alakṣayantas tam atīva vihvalā vicukruśur deva-gaṇāḥ sahānugāḥ anāyakāḥ śatru-balena nirjitā vaṇik-pathā bhinna-navo yathārṇave
യുദ്ധത്തിൽ ഇന്ദ്രനെ കാണാനാകാതെ ദേവഗണങ്ങൾ അനുചരന്മാരോടുകൂടെ അത്യന്തം വിഹ്വലരായി കരഞ്ഞു നിലവിളിച്ചു. ശത്രുബലത്തിൽ തോറ്റു നായകനില്ലാതെ, അവർ സമുദ്രമദ്ധ്യേ തകർന്ന കപ്പലിലെ വ്യാപാരികളുപോലെ വിലപിച്ചു.
From this statement it appears that in the upper planetary system there is shipping and that traders there engage in navigation as their occupational duty. Sometimes, as on this planet, these traders are shipwrecked in the middle of the ocean. It appears that even in the upper planetary system, such calamities occasionally take place. The upper planetary system in the creation of the Lord is certainly not vacant or devoid of living entities. From Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam we understand that every planet is full of living entities, just as earth is. There is no reason to accept that on other planetary systems there are no living beings.
FAQs
This verse describes the demigods as overwhelmed and crying out when they could not see their protector/leader, showing that even powerful devas become fearful when divine shelter seems absent and the enemy’s force rises.
In the narrative of Canto 8, Chapter 11, the devas lose confidence and direction when they cannot perceive their key support in the battle; without that guiding presence, they feel defeated and disoriented, like sailors after a shipwreck.
When guidance, purpose, or spiritual shelter is lost, the mind can panic like a shipwrecked traveler; the verse encourages seeking steady leadership and taking refuge in the Supreme during crises rather than collapsing under external pressure.