Shloka 41

Devanagari script

ततो देवा: सगन्धर्वा यक्षरक्षोमहोरगा: । ऋषयश्च महेन्द्र तमस्तुवन्‌ विविधै: स्तवै:,तदनन्तर देवता, गन्धर्व, यक्ष, राक्षस, महानाग तथा ऋषि भाँति-भाँतिके स्तोत्रोंद्वारा महेन्द्रकी स्तुति करने लगे

Transliteration

tato devāḥ sagandharvā yakṣarakṣomahoragāḥ | ṛṣayaś ca mahendraṃ tam astuvan vividhaiḥ stavaiḥ ||

Translation

ततो देवाः सगन्धर्वा यक्षरक्षोमहोरगाः । ऋषयश्च महेन्द्रं तमस्तुवन् विविधैः स्तवैः ॥

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सगन्धर्वाः: together with the Gandharvas
• सगन्धर्वाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यक्ष: Yakshas
• यक्ष: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रक्षः: Rakshasas (demons)
• रक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• महोर्गाः: great serpents
• महोर्गाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + उरग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• महेन्द्रम्: Mahendra (Indra)
• महेन्द्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अस्तुवन्: praised
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (स्तवति)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• विविधैः: with various
• विविधैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• स्तवैः: hymns, praises
• स्तवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahendra (Indra)
• Devas
• Gandharvas
• Yakṣas
• Rākṣasas
• Mahoragas (Nāgas)
• Ṛṣis

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate authority that sustains order is worthy of reverence; even diverse and opposing classes of beings can unite in acknowledging the upholder of dharmic stability.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the preceding event, many orders of beings—gods, celestial musicians, guardians, fierce beings, great serpents, and sages—collectively offer varied hymns praising Indra (Mahendra).