Shloka 4

Devanagari script

संहत्य निहतो वृत्रो मरुद्भिर्वज़पाणिना । नमुचिश्रैव दुर्धर्षो दीर्घजिह्वा च राक्षसी,वज्रपाणि इन्द्रने मरुदूगणोंके साथ मिलकर वृत्रासुर, दुर्धर्ष वीर नमुचि तथा दीर्घ॑जिद्ना राक्षमीका वध किया था

Transliteration

saṁhatya nihato vṛtro marudbhir vajrapāṇinā | namuciś caiva durdharṣo dīrghajihvā ca rākṣasī ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya berkata: “Bersatu tenaga, Indra—pemegang vajra—bersama para Marut telah membunuh Vṛtra; dan demikian pula baginda menewaskan Namuci yang digeruni serta rākṣasī Dīrghajihvā.”

Word by Word

संहत्यhaving united / having joined together

निहतःslain

वृत्रःVṛtra (the demon)

मरुद्भिःby/with the Maruts

वज्रपाणिनाby/with Vajrapāṇi (Indra, 'thunderbolt-in-hand')

नमुचिःNamuci (a demon)

चand

एवindeed / also

दुर्धर्षःhard to assail / formidable

दीर्घजिह्वाDīrghajihvā ('long-tongued', a rākṣasī)

चand

राक्षसीa rākṣasī (female demoness)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Indra (Vajrapāṇi)

Maruts

Vṛtra

Namuci

Dīrghajihvā (rākṣasī)

Vajra (thunderbolt)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that formidable wrongdoing is best overcome through unity and rightful resolve: when protectors of dharma act together (Indra with the Maruts), even seemingly invincible threats to order can be removed.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya recounts earlier divine victories: Indra, bearing the vajra, supported by the Maruts, killed Vṛtra, and also destroyed the fierce Namuci and the demoness Dīrghajihvā—examples of gods subduing forces hostile to the world’s stability.