Shloka 2

Pūjya-namaskārya-prakaraṇa

On Those Worthy of Honor and Salutation

Devanagari script

त॑ सहस्रावरे काले शक्रो द्रष्टमुपागमत्‌ । तदेव च पुनर्वाक्यमुवाच बलवृत्रहा

Transliteration

taṁ sahasrāvare kāle śakro draṣṭum upāgamat | tad eva ca punar vākyam uvāca balavṛtrahā ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：当千年之期将尽未尽之时，释迦（因陀罗）——诛灭弗栗多罗者、诸天之主——再来观视于他；并且又一次，将先前所说之言原样复述，在漫长岁月的尽头再度催逼此事。

Word by Word

• तत्: him/that (person)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सहस्रावरे: at the end of a thousand (years)
• सहस्रावरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्रावर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शक्रः: Indra (Śakra)
• शक्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• उपागमत्: came/approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-गम्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्: that (same)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• वाक्यम्: speech/statement
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• बलवृत्रहा: the slayer of Bala and Vṛtra (Indra)
• बलवृत्रहा: Karta
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: बलवृत्रहन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Śakra (Indra)
• Vṛtra
• Bala
• Matanga (implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how time and sustained effort frame ethical trials: even after a long interval, the same demand or test can return, and one’s steadiness in dharma is measured not by a moment but by endurance across time.

What is happening in the narrative?

As the thousand-year period nears its end, Indra comes again to visit (Matanga, in context) and repeats the same statement he had made earlier, renewing the prior request or challenge.