Shloka 25

उच्चैःश्रवसः वर्णविपणः तथा नागशापः

Uccaiḥśravas Color-Wager and the Nāga Curse

Devanagari script

तमग्निममरश्रेष्ठ: प्रदहन्तमितस्तत: । वारिणा मेघजेनेन्द्र:ः शमयामास सर्वश:,तब देवराज इन्द्रने इधर-उधर सबको जलाती हुई उस आगको मेघोंके द्वारा जल बरसाकर सब ओरसे बुझा दिया

Transliteration

tam agnim amaraśreṣṭhaḥ pradahantam itas tataḥ | vāriṇā meghajenendraḥ śamayāmāsa sarvaśaḥ ||

Translation

ထို့နောက် အမရတို့အနက် အမြတ်ဆုံးဖြစ်သော ဒေဝရာဇ အိန္ဒြာသည် အရပ်ရပ်သို့ လောင်ကျွမ်းစားသောက်နေသော ထိုမီးကို မြင်၍ မိုးတိမ်မှ ဖြစ်သော ရေကို မိုးအဖြစ်ရွာစေကာ အဘက်ဘက်မှ လုံးဝ ငြိမ်းသတ်လိုက်လေ၏။

Word by Word

• तम्: that (him/it)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अग्निम्: fire
• अग्निम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अमरश्रेष्ठः: the best of the immortals (Indra)
• अमरश्रेष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमरश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रदहन्तम्: burning, scorching
• प्रदहन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दह्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इतस्: from here / on this side
• इतस्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतस्

• ततः: from there / then
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• वारिणा: with water
• वारिणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मेघजेन: born of clouds, cloud-produced
• मेघजेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेघज
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शमयामास: extinguished, pacified
• Type: Verb
• Root: शम् (शमयति)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वशः: entirely, on all sides
• सर्वशः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• शौनक (Śaunaka)
• इन्द्र (Indra)
• अग्नि (fire)
• मेघ (clouds)
• वारि (water/rain)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power is ethically justified when it restrains harm and restores balance; even overwhelming destructive forces should be checked for the protection of beings and the maintenance of order.

What is happening in the narrative?

A fire is spreading and burning in all directions; Indra, lord of the gods, sends rain from clouds and extinguishes the fire completely.