Shloka 84

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तो देवदेवा भ्यां सहस्राक्षो5ब्रवीद्‌ वच: । आमन्त्र्य सर्वभूतानि ब्रह्देशानानुशासनम्‌

Transliteration

ity ukto devadevābhyāṃ sahasrākṣo 'bravīd vacaḥ | āmantṛya sarvabhūtāni brahadeśānānuśāsanam ||

Translation

Sañjaya nói: “Được hai vị chúa tể thần linh ấy ngỏ lời như vậy, Indra—đấng ngàn mắt—liền cất tiếng. Sau khi long trọng cáo biệt hết thảy chúng sinh, ngài ban mệnh lệnh của mình về những miền rộng lớn.”

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्तः: having been addressed/said to
• उक्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• देवदेवाभ्याम्: by the two gods of gods (two great gods)
• देवदेवाभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवदेव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• सहस्राक्षः: the thousand-eyed one (Indra)
• सहस्राक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्राक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वचः: words/speech
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आमन्त्र्य: having summoned/addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्त्र्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), आ

• सर्वभूतानि: all beings
• सर्वभूतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• ब्रह्मदेशान्: the regions/places of Brahman (holy regions)
• ब्रह्मदेशान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मदेश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अनुशासनम्: instruction/command
• अनुशासनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• सहस्राक्ष (Indra)
• देवदेवौ (two supreme deities, unnamed here)
• सर्वभूतानि (all beings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate authority is exercised through orderly speech and clear instruction: even a powerful deity acts with procedural propriety—taking leave of beings and then issuing governance—signaling that power should serve dharma and social/cosmic order rather than impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Indra, after being addressed by two supreme divine figures, responds with a formal statement. He then bids farewell to all beings and delivers an ordinance or directive concerning the wider realms, indicating a transition from dialogue to decisive action.