Shloka 15
Marutta’s Sacrifice: Indra’s Threat, Saṃvarta’s Mantric Restraint, and Divine Reconciliation (अध्याय १०)
अग्निदेव तुम्हारी सब ओरसे रक्षा करें। देवराज इन्द्र तुम्हारे लिये जलकी नहीं, सम्पूर्ण कामनाओंकी वर्षा करें और तुम्हारे वधके लिये उठे हुए और जलराशिके साथ चंचल गतिसे चले हुए महाघोर वज्रको वे देवेन्द्र अपने हाथमें ही रखे रहें
Agnidevaḥ tumhārī saba orase rakṣā kareṃ. Devarāja Indra tumhāre liye jalakī nahīṃ, sampūrṇa kāmanāoṃ kī varṣā kareṃ, aura tumhāre vadhake liye uṭhe hue aura jalarāśike sātha cañcala gati se cale hue mahāghora vajrako ve Devendra apane hāthameṃ hī rakhe raheṃ.
Saṃvarta berkata: “Semoga Dewa Agni melindungimu dari segala arah. Semoga Indra, raja para dewa, menurunkan untukmu bukan sekadar hujan air, tetapi hujan kelimpahan segala hasratmu. Dan semoga vajra Devendra yang menggerunkan itu—yang terangkat untuk menumpaskan pembunuhmu dan meluru dengan laju gelisah laksana banjir mengganas—tetap tertahan di tangannya sendiri.”
संवर्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames ethical power as protection and restraint: divine strength (Indra’s vajra) is invoked not to punish indiscriminately but to be withheld, while prosperity is sought as the fulfillment of rightful aims rather than mere material rain.
Saṃvarta pronounces a benediction: Agni is asked to guard the addressed person on all sides, Indra is asked to grant complete boons, and Indra’s fearsome thunderbolt—poised to kill— is prayed to remain in Indra’s hand, i.e., not to be released against the recipient.