Shloka 136

Vāsudeva’s Upadeśa: The Inner Enemy and the Indra–Vṛtra Precedent (आत्मशत्रु-बोधः; इन्द्र-वृत्रोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

विवेश सहसा वायुं जग्राह विषयं ततः । उस तेजमें स्थित हुआ वृत्रासुर अमिततेजस्वी वज्रके प्रहारसे पीड़ित हो सहसा वायुमें समा गया और उसके स्पर्श नामक विषयको ग्रहण करने लगा

Transliteration

viveśa sahasā vāyuṁ jagrāha viṣayaṁ tataḥ |

Translation

వజ్రప్రహారంతో బాధపడిన అపారతేజస్సుగల వృత్రాసురుడు అకస్మాత్తుగా వాయువులో లీనమయ్యాడు; ఆపై వాయువు యొక్క విషయమైన స్పర్శను గ్రహించాడు.

Word by Word

• विवेश: entered
• विवेश: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश् (प्रवेशने)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सहसा: suddenly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

• वायुं: the wind
• वायुं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• जग्राह: seized/took up
• जग्राह: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (ग्रहणे)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• विषयं: object (sense-object)
• विषयं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषय
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)
• वायु (Vāyu)
• वृत्रासुर (Vṛtrāsura)
• वज्र (Vajra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a metaphysical-ethical idea: beings, when struck down in conflict, do not simply vanish but move according to cosmic law into elemental principles and their corresponding sense-domains. It suggests an ordered universe where actions and outcomes unfold within a structured hierarchy of elements and cognition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu narrates that Vṛtrāsura, wounded by the vajra’s strike, suddenly dissolves into/enters the wind-principle (Vāyu) and begins to take up the wind’s specific sense-object—touch (sparśa).