Shloka 25

Devanagari script

एवं सेन्द्रा वसिष्ठेन रक्षितास्त्रिदिवौकस: । ब्रह्मदत्तवराश्चैव हता दैत्या महात्मना,“इस प्रकार महात्मा वसिष्ठने इन्द्रसहित देवताओंकी रक्षा की और ब्रह्माजीने जिनके लिये वर दिया था, ऐसे दैत्योंका भी संहार कर डाला

Transliteration

evaṃ sendrā vasiṣṭhena rakṣitās tridivaukasaḥ | brahmadattavarāś caiva hatā daityā mahātmanā ||

Translation

ดังนี้ เหล่าเทพผู้สถิตในไตรทิพย์พร้อมด้วยพระอินทร์ ได้รับการคุ้มครองโดยวสิษฐะ; และมหาตมะผู้นั้นยังปราบสังหารพวกไทตยะ แม้ผู้ได้รับพรจากพระพรหมด้วย

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

स-इन्द्राःwith Indra (i.e., including Indra)

वसिष्ठेनby Vasiṣṭha

रक्षिताःprotected

त्रि-दिव-ओकसःthe dwellers of heaven (gods)

ब्रह्म-दत्त-वराःhaving boons granted by Brahmā

चand

एवindeed, also

हताःslain

दैत्याःDaityas (demons)

महात्मनाby the great-souled one

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Vasiṣṭha

Indra

Brahmā

Tridivaukasaḥ (the gods)

Daityas

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?

Dharma-protecting spiritual authority can neutralize even boon-protected power. Boons from Brahmā do not grant moral immunity; when beings act against cosmic order, they can still be checked by a great sage acting for protection of the righteous.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma recounts an episode where the sage Vasiṣṭha safeguards the gods led by Indra and defeats the Daityas, including those who possessed boons granted by Brahmā, highlighting the triumph of dharmic protection over destructive aggression.