Shloka 36
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
अमाद्यदिन्द्र: सोमेन दक्षिणाभिद्धिजातय: । “यजमान अंग जब विष्णुपद पर्वतपर यज्ञ कर रहे थे, उस समय इन्द्र वहाँ सोमरस पीकर मतवाले हो उठे थे और दक्षिणाओंसे ब्राह्मणोंपर भी आनन्दोन्माद छा गया था ।। ३५ हर यस्य यज्ञेषु राजेन्द्र शतसंख्येषु वै पुरा
amādyad indraḥ somena dakṣiṇābhir dvijātayaḥ |
വായു പറഞ്ഞു—“സോമപാനത്താൽ ഇന്ദ്രൻ മദോന്മത്തനായി; ദക്ഷിണകളാൽ ദ്വിജന്മാരും ആനന്ദോന്മാദത്തിലായി.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ritual power and prosperity can easily slide into intoxication—literal or metaphorical. The verse implicitly underscores dharma as inner discipline: sacred acts bear fruit when governed by restraint, not by indulgence or pride in abundance.
Vāyu describes an ancient sacrificial setting where Indra drinks Soma and becomes exhilarated, while the Brahmins, receiving generous dakṣiṇās, also become joyfully carried away—portraying the heightened, celebratory atmosphere surrounding a great yajña.