Shloka 9

Adhyāya 12: Devas’ Petition to Nahūṣa; Bṛhaspati on Śaraṇāgata-Dharma; Indrāṇī’s Strategic Delay

Devanagari script

देवा ऊचु इन्द्राणीमानयिष्यामो यथेच्छसि दिवस्पते । जहि क्रोधमिमं वीर प्रीतो भव सुरेश्वर

Transliteration

devā ūcuḥ—indrāṇīm ānayiṣyāmo yathecchasi divaspate | jahi krodham imaṃ vīra prīto bhava sureśvara ||

Translation

Para dewa berkata: “Wahai Penguasa syurga, kami akan membawa Indrāṇī untuk berkhidmat kepadamu, tepat seperti yang engkau kehendaki. Wahai wira, Penguasa para dewa, tinggalkanlah kemarahan ini dan berkenanlah.”

Word by Word

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ऊचुः: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• इन्द्राणीम्: Indrāṇī
• इन्द्राणीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्राणी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आनयिष्यामः: we shall bring
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: Simple Future, 1st, Plural, Parasmaipada

• यथा: as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• इच्छसि: you desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दिवः: of heaven
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• पते: O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• जहि: destroy / abandon
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• क्रोधम्: anger
• क्रोधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इमम्: this
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वीर: O hero
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रीतः: pleased
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्री
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भव: become / be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सुरेश्वर: O lord of the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर-ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• देवाः (the gods)
• इन्द्र (Divaspati, Sureśvara)
• इन्द्राणी (Śacī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even legitimate power is undermined by uncontrolled anger; the ethical ideal is to relinquish wrath and restore harmony through restraint and reconciliation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The gods address Indra, promising to bring Indrāṇī to him as he desires, and urge him to give up his anger and become pleased—an attempt to pacify a divine ruler and reestablish order.