Shloka 8

Devanagari script

एवं सम्पूज्य भगवानथर्वाज्धिरसं तदा | व्यसर्जयन्महाराज देवराज: शतक्रतु:,महाराज युधिष्ठिर! इस प्रकार देवराज भगवान्‌ इन्द्रने उस समय अथर्वांगिरसकी पूजा करके उन्हें विदा कर दिया

Transliteration

evaṁ sampūjya bhagavān atharvāṅgirasaṁ tadā | vyasarjayan mahārāja devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ, mahārāja yudhiṣṭhira! |

Translation

Então, tendo honrado devidamente o venerável Atharvāṅgirasa, o rei dos deuses—Indra, realizador de cem sacrifícios—despediu-se dele e o deixou partir. Assim foi, ó grande rei Yudhiṣṭhira.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

सम्पूज्यhaving duly worshipped

भगवान्the venerable one

अथर्वाङ्गिरसम्Atharvan-Aṅgiras (the sage Atharvāṅgiras)

तदाthen

व्यसर्जयत्sent away / dismissed

महाराजO great king

देवराजःthe king of the gods (Indra)

शतक्रतुःŚatakratu (Indra; 'of a hundred rites')

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śalya

Atharvāṅgirasa

Indra (Devarāja, Śatakratu)

Yudhiṣṭhira

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic conduct: true greatness includes honoring spiritual authority and observing proper respect and leave-taking. Even Indra models humility before sacred knowledge.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śalya recounts that Indra, after respectfully worshipping the sage Atharvāṅgirasa, formally dismissed him/took leave of him, addressing the account to Yudhiṣṭhira.