Shloka 30
Adhyaya 1 — Jaimini’s Questions on the Mahabharata and the Origin of the Wise Birds
तं दृष्ट्वा बलवृत्रघ्नमुत्थितं त्रिदशाङ्गनाः ।
प्रणेमुस्ताश्च देवर् 7षि विनयावनताः स्थिताः ॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvā balavṛtraghnam utthitaṃ tridaśāṅganāḥ /
praṇemus tāś ca devarṣi vinayāvanatāḥ sthitāḥ
وِرتَرہنتا اُس زورآور شکر کو اُٹھتے دیکھ کر آسمانی عورتیں بھی کھڑی ہوئیں اور سجدۂ تعظیم کیا؛ اے صاحبِ دیدِ الٰہی، وہ سر جھکائے نہایت انکساری سے کھڑی رہیں۔
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FAQs
The verse models vinaya (humility) and proper conduct in the presence of a venerable or accomplished person. Standing up and offering praṇāma are social-ethical markers of recognizing merit and authority—an outward discipline that supports inner restraint and dharmic order.
This is not directly sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita material; it functions as narrative framing (ākhyāna) and characterization within the Purāṇic discourse, supporting the larger vaṃśānucarita-style storytelling but not itself a genealogical or cosmological datum.
Indra as ‘Vṛtra-slayer’ symbolizes the triumph of luminous order (indraic sovereignty) over obstructive forces (vṛtra as ‘covering/obstruction’). The bowed posture of the tridaśāṅganāḥ can be read as the mind and senses submitting to higher discernment and rightful authority—an inner ‘standing up’ toward dharma.