Shloka 19

Devanagari script

एष हौन्द्रो वैजयन्तो गुणैर्नित्यं समाहित: । येनासुरान्‌ पराजित्य जगत्‌ पाति शतक्रतु:,क्षत्रियका यह युद्धमें मरण इन्द्रका वैजयन्त नामक प्रासाद (राजमहल) है। यह सदा सभी गुणोंसे परिपूर्ण है। इसी युद्धके द्वारा शतक्रतु इन्द्र असुरोंको परास्त करके सम्पूर्ण जगतकी रक्षा करते हैं

Transliteration

eṣa haundro vaijayanto guṇair nityaṃ samāhitaḥ | yenāsurān parājitya jagat pāti śatakratuḥ ||

Translation

Это — Вайджаянта Индры, дворец победы, вечно собранный и устойчивый, наделённый благими качествами. Отсюда Шатакрату (Индра), одолев асуров, охраняет весь мир.

Word by Word

एषःthis (one)

हindeed (emphatic particle)

इन्द्रःIndra

वैजयन्तःVaijayanta (name of Indra’s palace/banner)

गुणैःwith qualities/virtues

नित्यम्always

समाहितःcomposed, well-set, concentrated

येनby which/with which

असुरान्Asuras (demons)

पराजित्यhaving defeated

जगत्the world

पातिprotects

शतक्रतुःŚatakratu (Indra, ‘of a hundred rites’)

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Indra (Śatakratu)

Vaijayanta (Indra’s palace)

Asuras

Jagat (the world)

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?

Power and victory are framed as legitimate when grounded in protection (pāti) and cosmic order: Indra’s triumph over the Asuras is presented not as aggression for its own sake, but as the safeguarding of the world.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrī Kṛṣṇa describes Indra’s Vaijayanta—his victorious, well-endowed abode—and states that Indra (Śatakratu) defeats the Asuras and thereby protects the entire world.