Shloka 2

Marutta’s Sacrifice and Agni’s Embassy (मरुत्त-यज्ञे दूतत्वम्)

Devanagari script

ब॒हस्पतिरु्वाच सुखं शये शयने देवराज तथा मनोज्ञा: परिचारका मे । तथा देवानां सुखकामो<स्मि नित्यं देवाश्न मां सुभृशं॑ पालयन्ति,बृहस्पतिजी बोले--देवराज! मैं सुखसे शय्यापर सोता हूँ, मुझे मेरे मनके अनुकूल सेवक प्राप्त हुए हैं। मैं सदा देवताओंके सुखकी कामना करता हूँ और देवतालोग भी मेरा भलीभाँति पालन करते हैं

Transliteration

bṛhaspatir uvāca | sukhaṃ śaye śayane devarāja tathā manojñāḥ paricārakā me | tathā devānāṃ sukhakāmo 'smi nityaṃ devāś ca māṃ subhṛśaṃ pālayanti ||

Translation

Bṛhaspati nói: “Hỡi vua của chư thiên, ta nằm ngủ an ổn trên giường, và những kẻ hầu cận vừa lòng ta luôn túc trực. Ta hằng chăm lo phúc lợi và hạnh phúc của các thần, và đến lượt mình, chư thiên cũng gìn giữ, nâng đỡ ta hết sức cẩn trọng.”

Word by Word

• {'bṛhaspatiḥ': 'Bṛhaspati

• preceptor of the gods', 'uvāca': 'said, spoke', 'sukham': 'comfortably, happily', 'śaye': 'I lie down

• I sleep', 'śayane': 'on the bed/couch

• in the resting-place', 'devarāja': 'O king of the gods (Indra)', 'tathā': 'and also

• likewise', 'manojñāḥ': 'pleasing, agreeable (to the mind)', 'paricārakāḥ': 'attendants, servants', 'me': 'my', 'devānām': 'of the gods', 'sukhakāmaḥ': 'one who desires the happiness/welfare (of others)', 'asmi': 'I am', 'nityam': 'always, continually', 'devāḥ ca': 'and the gods', 'mām': 'me', 'subhṛśam': 'greatly, exceedingly, very well', 'pālayanti': 'protect, maintain, look after'}

Speaker

संवर्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhaspati
• Devarāja (Indra)
• Devas (the gods)
• Śayana (bed/couch)
• Paricārakas (attendants)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights reciprocal duty: one who consistently seeks the welfare of others (here, Bṛhaspati for the gods) is, in turn, supported and protected by them. Ethical well-being and social stability arise from mutual care between guide and ruler, benefactor and beneficiary.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bṛhaspati addresses Devarāja (Indra), describing his own secure and comfortable condition—resting peacefully with agreeable attendants—because he is continually devoted to the gods’ welfare, and the gods therefore maintain and protect him diligently.