Mahabharata — Ashvamedhika Parva, Shloka 1136
Vāsudeva’s Upadeśa: The Inner Enemy and the Indra–Vṛtra Precedent (आत्मशत्रु-बोधः; इन्द्र-वृत्रोपाख्यानम्)
विवेश सहसा ज्योतिर्जग्राह विषयं तत: । जलमें अमिततेजस्वी वज्रकी मार खाकर वृत्रासुर सहसा तेजस्तत्त्वमें घुस गया और उसके विषयको ग्रहण करने लगा
viveśa sahasā jyotir jagrāha viṣayaṃ tataḥ |
ဝါယုဒေဝက မိန့်တော်မူသည်– «ထို့နောက် ချက်ချင်းပင် သူသည် တောက်ပသော အနှစ်သာရထဲသို့ ဝင်ရောက်သွားပြီး၊ ထို့နောက်၌ ၎င်း၏ အာနိသင်ဖြစ်ပေါ်ရာ နယ်ပယ်ကို ဆုပ်ကိုင်ယူ하였다»။
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse points to a metaphysical idea: after a decisive event, a being may pass into a subtler, luminous principle and assume its ‘domain’—inviting reflection on how power, consciousness, or karmic momentum continues beyond physical defeat, and how cosmic order reassigns or absorbs energies after conflict.
Vāyu narrates a sudden entry into ‘jyotis’ (radiant essence) followed by the grasping of its ‘viṣaya’ (sphere/domain). It depicts an abrupt shift from one state to another—an absorption or transition into a luminous reality and the taking up of its operative field.