Shloka 26
अथेन्द्रस्य महाघोरं सोडसृजच्छत्रुमेव हि
atha indrasya mahāghoraṃ so 'sṛjac chatrum eva hi | agnāv āhutim ādhāya munir indrasya vai ripum || tasya nāma mada iti | sa mukham prasārya tiṣṭhaty āsīt | tasya adhoṣṭhaḥ pṛthivyāṃ saṃspṛṣṭaḥ, ūrdhvoṣṭha ākāśaṃ spṛśati | tasya mukhe sahasraṃ dantāḥ, te ca śata-śata-yojanocchritāḥ | tasya dāḍhā bhīṣaṇā dve-dve-śata-yojanāyāmāḥ | atha devaḥ sendrāḥ sarve tasya jihvā-mūle samāpatanta, yathā mahāsāgare bahavo matsyāḥ timi-nāmnaḥ mahāmatsyasya mukhe patanti ||
अथ स महामुनिरग्नौ हुत्वेन्द्रस्य महाघोरं शत्रुमसृजत्—मदं नाम। स व्यादितास्यः स्थितः; अधरोष्ठो भूमिं स्पृष्ट्वा, ऊर्ध्वोष्ठो दिवमस्पृशत्। तस्य मुखे दन्तसहस्रं शतयोजनप्रमाणं, दंष्ट्राश्च द्वियोजनशतप्रमाणाः परमदारुणाः। तदा सर्वे देवा इन्द्रसहिताः तस्य जिह्वामूले प्रविष्टाः, यथा महार्णवे बहवो मत्स्याः तिमिनाम्नो महामत्स्यस्यास्यं प्रविशन्ति।
च्यवन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse dramatizes mada—intoxication and pride—as a devouring force that can overwhelm even the gods. Ethical strength requires humility and self-restraint; otherwise power itself becomes the cause of downfall.
Cyavana performs a fire-offering and manifests a terrifying being named Mada as Indra’s enemy. Mada’s colossal mouth and teeth are described, and the gods with Indra are shown as being driven into its tongue-root, like fish swallowed by the great sea-creature Timi.