Shloka 15

Devanagari script

समीपमेत्य च यदा सर्व एव महौजस: । त॑ तेजसा प्रज्वलितं प्रतपन्तं दिशो दश,समस्त महाबली देवता जब वृत्रासुरके समीप आये, तब वह अपने तेजसे प्रज्वलित होकर दसों दिशाओंको तपा रहा था, मानो सूर्य और चन्द्रमा अपना प्रकाश बिखेर रहे हों। इन्द्रके साथ सम्पूर्ण देवताओंने वृत्रासुरको देखा। वह ऐसा जान पड़ता था, मानो तीनों लोकोंको अपना ग्रास बना लेगा

Transliteration

samīpam etya ca yadā sarva eva mahaujasaḥ | taṁ tejasā prajvalitaṁ pratapantaṁ diśo daśa ||

Translation

शल्य म्हणाला—जेव्हा ते सर्व महाबली जवळ आले, तेव्हा त्यांनी वृत्रासुराला आपल्या तेजाने प्रज्वलित होऊन दहा दिशांना तापविताना पाहिले.

Word by Word

समीपम्near, proximity (as goal)

एत्यhaving come/approached

चand

यदाwhen

सर्वेall

एवindeed, just

महौजसःof great vigor/might (the mighty ones)

तेजसाby (his) radiance/energy

प्रज्वलितम्blazing, kindled

प्रतपन्तम्scorching, heating

दिशःdirections

दशten

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śalya

Vṛtrāsura

Indra

Devatāḥ (the gods)

Daśa diśaḥ (ten directions)

Trailokya (three worlds)

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?

Immense power (tejas/ojas) inspires awe but also threatens dharma when it becomes world-consuming; the protection of cosmic order may require decisive action even against a formidable opponent.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra and the assembled gods approach Vṛtrāsura and see him blazing so fiercely that he seems to scorch all directions, appearing capable of devouring the three worlds.