Ashvamedhika Parva Adhyaya 11 Shloka 13 - Mahabharata | Vietnamese | Vedapath

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Shloka 13

Vāsudeva’s Upadeśa: The Inner Enemy and the Indra–Vṛtra Precedent (आत्मशत्रु-बोधः; इन्द्र-वृत्रोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

स वध्यमानो वज्ेण तस्मिन्नमिततेजसा,इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अश्वमेधपर्वणि कृष्णधर्मसंवादे एकादशो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

sa vadhyamāno vajreṇa tasminn amitatejasā | iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi aśvamedhaparvaṇi kṛṣṇadharmasaṃvāde ekādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ ||

Translation

Bị lưỡi sét (vajra) của đấng rực sáng vô lượng đánh trúng, hắn đang bị giết. Thế là kết thúc chương thứ mười một của Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Āśvamedhika Parva, phần Aśvamedha, trong cuộc đối thoại giữa Kṛṣṇa và Dharma.

Word by Word

सःhe

वध्यमानःbeing struck/killed

वज्रेणwith the thunderbolt

तस्मिन्in/at that (one/place/time)

अमिततेजसाby/with (one) of immeasurable splendor

इतिthus

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

आश्वमेधिकेin the Āśvamedhika

पर्वणिin the book/section (parvan)

अश्वमेधपर्वणिin the Aśvamedha-parvan

कृष्णधर्मसंवादेin the dialogue of Kṛṣṇa and Dharma

एकादशःeleventh

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva (speaker label)

vajra (thunderbolt weapon)

Āśvamedhika Parva

Kṛṣṇa

Dharma

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?

The verse emphasizes the irresistible force of divine or superior power when dharma’s order is being enforced: actions culminate in consequences, and overwhelming tejas (spiritual-martial potency) can decisively end conflict. As a colophon-style line, it also frames the episode within a dharma-focused dialogue.

What is happening in the narrative?

A figure is described as being struck down by a vajra wielded by a being of immeasurable splendor. The remainder of the line functions as a chapter-ending colophon, identifying the text’s location: Āśvamedhika Parva, Aśvamedha section, within the Kṛṣṇa–Dharma dialogue, concluding the eleventh chapter.