Shloka 10
Adhyaya 5 — Tvashta’s Wrath, the Birth of Vritra, and the Divine Descent as the Pandavas
समयस्थितिमुल्लङ्घ्य यदा शक्रेण घातितः ।
वृत्रो हत्याभिभूतस्य तदा बलमशीऱ्यत ॥
samayasthitimullaṅghya yadā śakreṇa ghātitaḥ /
vṛtro hatyābhibhūtasya tadā balamaśīryata
Khi Vṛtra bị Śakra (Indra) sát hại, trái với giao ước đã được thiết lập, thì do Indra bị tội lỗi của việc giết Vṛtra bao phủ, sức lực của ngài bắt đầu hao mòn.
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FAQs
Even a seemingly ‘necessary’ victory becomes ethically corrosive when achieved by violating agreed limits (samaya). The verse frames moral law as operative even for gods: breach of dharma produces immediate inner diminishment—here, Indra’s bala—showing that power is sustained by righteousness and collapses under guilt/pāpa.
This passage aligns most closely with Vaṃśānucarita / narrative of divine and heroic lineages and deeds (accounts of gods’ actions and their consequences). It also touches Manvantara-style moral governance themes, but it is not a direct manvantara enumeration here.
Vṛtra can be read symbolically as a ‘bound’ condition (obstruction) that must be overcome, yet the means matter: transgressing samaya indicates victory by adharmic method. The ensuing loss of bala suggests that spiritual/psychic potency (tejas/bala) depends on integrity; when conscience is ‘overwhelmed by hatyā,’ vitality and sovereignty leak away.