Shloka 26

Marutta’s Sacrifice: Indra’s Threat, Saṃvarta’s Mantric Restraint, and Divine Reconciliation (अध्याय १०)

Devanagari script

व्याय उवाच एवमुक्तस्त्वाज्धिरसेन शक्र: समादिदेश स्वयमेव देवान्‌ । सभा: क्रियन्तामावसथाश्न मुख्या: सहस्रशश्रित्रभूता: समृद्धा:

Transliteration

Vyāya uvāca: evam uktas tv ājadhirasena śakraḥ samādideśa svayam eva devān | sabhāḥ kriyantām āvasathāś ca mukhyāḥ sahasraśaś citrabhūtāḥ samṛddhāḥ ||

Translation

ویاس نے کہا—اے راجن! آجَدھِرَسین (سمورت) کے یوں کہنے پر شکر (اندر) نے خود ہی دیوتاؤں کو حکم دیا—“ہزاروں کی تعداد میں نہایت خوشحال اور رنگا رنگ طرز کے سبھا-بھون اور اہم رہائش گاہیں تعمیر کی جائیں۔”

Word by Word

• {'evam': 'thus, in this manner', 'uktas': 'having been spoken to

• addressed', 'tu': 'but, then', 'śakraḥ': 'Śakra

• Indra', 'samādideśa': 'commanded, ordered, directed', 'svayam eva': 'himself indeed

• personally', 'devān': 'the gods (accusative plural)', 'sabhāḥ': 'assembly-halls

• public halls', 'kriyantām': 'let them be made/constructed (imperative passive)', 'āvasathāḥ': 'dwellings, residences, lodgings', 'ca': 'and', 'mukhyāḥ': 'chief, principal, foremost', 'sahasraśaḥ': 'by the thousand

• in thousands', 'citrabhūtāḥ': 'variegated

• of diverse/ornate appearance', 'samṛddhāḥ': 'prosperous, well-provided, richly endowed'}

Speaker

व्याय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāya
• Ājadhirasena
• Śakra (Indra)
• Devas (gods)
• Sabhā (assembly-halls)
• Āvasatha (residences)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights responsible leadership: when a directive aligned with welfare is received, the ruler (here Indra) must act decisively and mobilize capable agents to create stable institutions and shared prosperity (assembly-halls and residences).

What is happening in the narrative?

After being addressed by Ājadhirasena, Indra personally commands the gods to construct, in great number, richly appointed and beautifully varied assembly-halls and principal dwellings—signaling organized preparation and the establishment of an auspicious, well-ordered setting.