Shloka 8

मधुकैटभवधोपाख्यानम्

The Account of the Slaying of Madhu and Kaiṭabha

Devanagari script

मुदितश्न जन: सर्व: स्वधर्मेषु व्यवस्थित: । ता: प्रजा मुदिता: सर्वा दृष्टवा बलनिषूदन:,सब लोग बड़ी प्रसन्नताके साथ अपने-अपने धर्मोंमें स्थित रहते थे। अपनी उन सारी प्रजाको आनन्दित देखकर बलासुरके शत्रु देवराज इन्द्र बड़ी प्रसन्नताका अनुभव करते थे। एक दिनकी बात है, इन्द्र ऐगावत हाथीपर आरूढ़ हो चैनसे दिन बिताती हुई अपनी प्रजाको देखनेके लिये भ्रमण करने लगे

Transliteration

muditāś ca janāḥ sarve svadharmeṣu vyavasthitāḥ | tāḥ prajā muditāḥ sarvā dṛṣṭvā balanīṣūdanaḥ ||

Translation

Todo o povo estava jubiloso e firmemente estabelecido em seus próprios deveres. Vendo todos os súditos contentes, Indra—o destruidor de Bala—sentiu profunda satisfação, pois o bem-estar de um reino repousa em cidadãos que sustentam o dharma em seus respectivos lugares.

Word by Word

मुदितःjoyful, delighted

जनःpeople

सर्वःall

स्वधर्मेषुin their own duties

व्यवस्थितःsteadfast, established

ताःthose

प्रजाःsubjects, people

मुदिताःjoyful

सर्वाःall

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

बलनिषूदनःslayer of Bala (Indra)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Indra

Bala (asura)

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?

A society flourishes when individuals remain established in svadharma; the ruler’s (or protector’s) satisfaction is tied to the subjects’ ethical stability and contentment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a time when the people are happy and dutiful; Indra, called the slayer of Bala, observes their contentment and feels pleased.