Shloka 75

Varuṇābhiṣeka–Agni-anveṣaṇa–Kaubera-tīrtha

Varuṇa’s Consecration; Search for Agni; Kaubera Sacred Site

Devanagari script

त्रिपादं चायुतशतैर्जघान दशभिर्वृतम्‌ । हृदोदरं नि्खर्वैश्व वृतं दशभिरीश्वर:

Transliteration

tripādaṃ cāyutaśatair jaghāna daśabhir vṛtam | hṛdodaraṃ niḥkharvaiś ca vṛtaṃ daśabhir īśvaraḥ ||

Translation

พระผู้เป็นใหญ่ยังทรงปราบตรีปาทะซึ่งถูกล้อมด้วยกองสิบกอง ด้วยกำลังมหาศาลนับแสนพัน และทรงสังหารหฤโททระด้วย แม้ผู้นั้นจะมีนักรบ ‘นิขัรวะ’ และกองคุ้มกันสิบชั้นห้อมล้อมอยู่ก็ตาม

Word by Word

त्रिपादम्the three-footed one

चand

अयुतशतैःwith hundreds of ten-thousands (i.e., by vast numbers)

जघानslew/struck down

दशभिःwith ten

वृतम्surrounded/encircled

हृदोदरम्the one with a heart-like belly / pot-bellied one

निखर्वैःwith nikhārvas (very large numbers)

चand

वृतम्surrounded/encircled

दशभिःwith ten

ईश्वरःthe lord/master

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

īśvaraḥ (a lordly warrior, unnamed here)

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?

Even in the fury of war, true greatness is not merely the capacity to overpower defenses, but the ability to act without arrogance. Strength coupled with humility aligns more closely with kṣatriya-dharma than prideful violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a powerful figure (‘īśvaraḥ’) striking down an opponent who is surrounded/protected by ten (fighters or layers of defense). The blow is depicted as overwhelming—‘by hundreds of thousands’—and aimed at vital regions (heart and belly), emphasizing the intensity and decisiveness of the combat.