Shloka 94

Varuṇābhiṣeka–Agni-anveṣaṇa–Kaubera-tīrtha

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

Devanagari script

ततः स भगवान्‌ देवो निहत्य विबुधद्विष:

Transliteration

tataḥ sa bhagavān devo nihatya vibudhadvīṣaḥ

Translation

แล้วพระผู้เป็นเทพนั้นได้สังหารศัตรูของเหล่าเทพลง

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• भगवान्: the blessed/lordly one
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• निहत्य: having slain/killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (नि-)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त), 'having slain'

• विबुधद्विषः: the haters of the gods (demons)
• विबुधद्विषः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विबुध-द्विष्
• Form: Masculine, accusative, plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)
• भगवान् देव (a divine being; unspecified here)
• विबुध (the gods/devas; implied)
• विबुधद्विष् (enemy of the gods; unspecified here)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames the defeat of a ‘foe of the gods’ as a moral and cosmic necessity: hostile forces that threaten order are ultimately overcome, suggesting that power is ethically justified when it protects dharma and restores stability.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that a divine figure has slain an enemy described as ‘hostile to the gods.’ The line functions as a transition after a decisive killing, emphasizing the outcome (the enemy’s fall) rather than detailing the combat.