Shloka 12

अतन्द्रितो वर्षति भूरितेजा: संनादयजन्नन्तरिक्षं दिशश्चव । अतनन्‍्द्रितो ब्रह्मचर्य चचार श्रेष्ठव्वमिच्छन्‌ बलभिद्‌ देवतानाम्‌

atandrito varṣati bhūritejāḥ saṃnādayajjan antarīkṣaṃ diśaś ca | atandrito brahmacaryaṃ cacāra śreṣṭhatvam icchan balabhid devatānām ||

وہ بے تھکے، بے پناہ نور والا، بارش برساتا رہا؛ یہاں تک کہ فضا اور سمتیں گونج اٹھیں۔ اور وہ بے تھکے ہی برہماچریہ پر قائم رہا، دیوتاؤں میں برتری کی خواہش سے—وہی جو قوت کو توڑ دینے والا ہے۔

अतन्द्रितःuntiring, vigilant
अतन्द्रितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअतन्द्रित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वर्षतिrains, pours down
वर्षति:
TypeVerb
Rootवृष्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
भूरितेजाःone of great splendor/energy
भूरितेजाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootभूरितेजस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
संनादयन्making resound, roaring
संनादयन्:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-नद्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
अन्तरिक्षम्the sky, mid-air
अन्तरिक्षम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तरिक्ष
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
दिशःthe directions
दिशः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदिश्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अतन्द्रितःuntiring, vigilant
अतन्द्रितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअतन्द्रित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ब्रह्मचर्यम्celibate studentship, brahmacarya
ब्रह्मचर्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मचर्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
चचारpractised, observed
चचार:
TypeVerb
Rootचर्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
श्रेष्ठत्वम्supremacy, excellence
श्रेष्ठत्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootश्रेष्ठत्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
इच्छन्desiring
इच्छन्:
TypeVerb
Rootइष्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
बलभित्the slayer of Bala (Indra)
बलभित्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबलभिद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
देवतानाम्of the gods
देवतानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootदेवता
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyudeva (speaker)
I
Indra (implied by the epithet balabhit)
A
antarīkṣa (mid-sky)
D
diśaḥ (the directions/quarters)
D
devatāḥ (the gods)

Educational Q&A

Supremacy is portrayed as arising from sustained vigilance and disciplined restraint: the same untiring energy that sustains the world (bringing rain) is paired with brahmacarya and tapas-like self-control, suggesting ethical excellence and power are grounded in self-mastery.

Vāyu describes a radiant divine figure—implicitly Indra—who ceaselessly causes rain and thunderous sound across the sky and directions, while also observing brahmacarya to attain preeminence among the gods.