Shloka 15

Devanagari script

उद्वृत्ता हुसुरा: केचिन्निवातकवचा इति । विप्रियेषु स्थितास्माकं वरदानेन मोहिता:,“इन दिनों निवातकवच नामसे प्रसिद्ध कुछ असुरगण बड़े उद्ण्ड हो रहे हैं, वे वरदानसे मोहित होकर हमारा अनिष्ट करनेमें लगे हुए हैं

Transliteration

udvṛttā husurāḥ kecin nivātakavacā iti | vipriyeṣu sthitāsmākaṃ varadānena mohitāḥ |

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “May ilang mababangis at suwail na Asura, na kilala sa pangalang Nivātakavaca, ang ngayo’y naging lalong mapangahas. Nalilinlang ng biyayang kanilang natamo, sila’y nakatuon sa paghamak at pananakit sa atin, at tumitindig laban sa ating kapakanan.”

Word by Word

उद्वृत्ताःarrogant, unruly

हुसुराःAsuras (a class/name: Husuras)

केचित्some (certain ones)

निवातकवचाःNivātakavacas (name of a group of Asuras)

इतिthus; so called

विप्रियेषुin hostile acts / in what is displeasing

स्थिताःengaged; standing (intent) upon

अस्माकम्of us; our

वरदानेनby a boon; by the granting of a boon

मोहिताःdeluded; infatuated

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Nivātakavacas

Asuras

boon (varadāna)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power gained through boons or extraordinary means can breed moha (delusion) and udvṛtti (arrogance). When strength is not governed by dharma, it turns into hostility and harm toward others, becoming a cause of disorder.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśaṃpāyana reports that a group of Asuras called the Nivātakavacas have become dangerously insolent. Empowered and deluded by a boon, they have taken an antagonistic stance and are actively seeking to injure the speaker’s side.