Shloka 31

Devanagari script

ततः समुद्यतां दृष्टवा देवेन्द्रेण महाशनिम्‌ । जगृहुः सर्वशस्त्राणि स्वानि स्वानि सुरास्तथा,देवराज इन्द्रको वह महान्‌ वज्र उठाये देख देवताओंने भी अपने-अपने सम्पूर्ण अस्त्र- शस्त्र ले लिये

Transliteration

tataḥ samudyatāṁ dṛṣṭvā devendreṇa mahāśanim | jagṛhuḥ sarvaśastrāṇi svāni svāni surās tathā ||

Translation

随后，诸神见天帝因陀罗高举那巨大的雷杵，也各自执起本身完备的兵器。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: indeclinable

• समुद्यताम्: raised, lifted up
• समुद्यताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समुद्यत
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• देवेन्द्रेण: by Devendra (Indra)
• देवेन्द्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेन्द्र
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• महाशनिम्: the great thunderbolt (vajra)
• महाशनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाशनि
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• जगृहुः: they took, seized
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: perfect (लिट्), third, plural, parasmaipada

• सर्वशस्त्राणि: all weapons
• सर्वशस्त्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वशस्त्र
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• स्वानि: their own
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• स्वानि: their own (each his own)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• सुराः: the gods
• सुराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• तथा: also, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा
• Form: indeclinable

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Devendra (Indra)
• mahāśani (Indra’s thunderbolt/vajra)
• surāḥ (the gods)
• śastrāṇi (weapons)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When righteous leadership commits to confronting adharma, allies should respond with coordinated preparedness and responsibility—strength is to be organized and purposeful, not impulsive.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra lifts his great thunderbolt as a signal of impending action; seeing this, the other gods also take up their respective weapons, preparing together for conflict.