Shloka 40

Devanagari script

युगान्तसमरूपाणि भूतसम्मोहनानि च । तथा दृष्टवा सुसंरब्धं शक्रं देवै: सहाच्युती

Transliteration

yugāntasamarūpāṇi bhūtasammohanāni ca | tathā dṛṣṭvā susaṃrabdhaṃ śakraṃ devaiḥ sahācyutī ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు చెప్పెను: యుగాంతంలా కనిపించే, సమస్త ప్రాణులను మోహింపజేసే ఆ నిమిత్తాలను చూచి, దేవులతో కూడిన శక్రుడు (ఇంద్రుడు) తీవ్రంగా కలవరపడి కోపంతో ఉన్నదాన్ని గమనించి, అచ్యుతీ ఆ క్షణపు ఘనతను గ్రహించి స్పందించింది—అశుభ సూచనలతో దైవవ్యవస్థే కంపించినట్లుగా।

Word by Word

युगान्तसमरूपाणिhaving the form of the end of an age (apocalyptic)

भूतसम्मोहनानिbewilderments/delusions of beings

चand

तथाthus/likewise

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

सुसंरब्धम्highly enraged/very agitated

शक्रम्Śakra (Indra)

देवैःwith/by the gods

सहtogether with

अच्युतीthe two Acyutīs (two women named Acyutī)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śakra (Indra)

Devas (gods)

Acyutī

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?

The verse underscores how moral and cosmic crises are signaled by unsettling portents: when the order upheld by the gods is disturbed, even divine beings become agitated. It frames ethical disorder as something that reverberates through the whole cosmos, not merely human society.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes ominous, end-of-age-like phenomena that bewilder all beings. In response to these signs, Indra is seen in a state of intense agitation together with the gods, and Acyutī is presented as witnessing/engaging with this charged divine moment.