Shloka 5

इन्द्रस्य दुःखप्राप्तिः—त्रिशिरोवधः, वृत्रोत्पत्तिः, जृम्भिकाजननम्

Indra’s Distress: Slaying of Triśiras, Birth of Vṛtra, and the Origin of Yawning

Devanagari script

वेदानेकेन सो5धीते सुरामेकेन चापिबत्‌ । एकेन च दिश: सर्वा: पिबन्निव निरीक्षते

Transliteration

vedānekēna so 'dhīte surām ekēna cāpibat | ekena ca diśaḥ sarvāḥ pibann iva nirīkṣate |

Translation

Шалья сказал: «Одним ртом он произносил Веды; другим пил хмельное; а третьим взирал на все стороны света так, словно хотел их выпить». Эта строка рисует нравственно тревожный образ: показное священное знание рядом с распущенностью и хищной жадностью, намекая на лицемерие и неукрощённое желание, а не на истинную дисциплину.

Word by Word

• वेदान्: the Vedas
• वेदान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• एकेन: with one (mouth/face)
• एकेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अधीते: studies/recites
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-इ
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• सुराम्: liquor (sura)
• सुराम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• एकेन: with one (mouth/face)
• एकेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपिबत्: drank
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एकेन: with one (mouth/face)
• एकेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• दिशः: the directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• पिबन्: drinking (as if drinking)
• पिबन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• निरीक्षते: looks at/observes
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-ईक्ष्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• Vedas
• surā (liquor)
• the directions (diśaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse contrasts sacred study with drunkenness and grasping desire, implying that mere recitation of holy texts is ethically hollow without self-restraint and integrity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śalya describes a figure in exaggerated, almost satirical imagery: simultaneously studying the Vedas, drinking liquor, and glaring in all directions as if to consume everything—highlighting a disturbing, uncontrolled temperament.