Shloka 29

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

Devanagari script

इन्द्र वाच न गण्डिकाकारयोगं करे<णुं न चारिसोम॑ प्रपिबामि वल्ले न क्षीणशक्तौ प्रहरामि वजन को मे5सुखाय प्रहरेत मर्त्य:

Transliteration

śakra uvāca — na gaṇḍikākāra-yogaṁ kareṇuṁ na cāri-somaṁ prapibāmi valle | na kṣīṇa-śaktau praharāmi vajraṁ ko me sukhāya praharet martyaḥ ||

Translation

释迦罗（因陀罗）说道：“噢，火神阿耆尼！纵然我能将高山缩小如蝇，我也不饮仇敌所献的苏摩。对那已耗尽气力者，我亦不以金刚杵（雷霆）加击。既如此，哪一个凡人还能为使我受苦而击我？”

Word by Word

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• गण्डिकाकारयोगम्: the making into the size/form of a fly (i.e., fly-sized form)
• गण्डिकाकारयोगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण्डिकाकारयोग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• करेणुम्: a mountain/elephantine mass (contextually: mountain)
• करेणुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: करेणु
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

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

• अरिसोमम्: enemy-given soma
• अरिसोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरिसोम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रपिबामि: I drink
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular

• वल्ले: O dear one / O friend
• वल्ले: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल्ल
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• क्षीणशक्तौ: on one whose power is diminished
• क्षीणशक्तौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीणशक्ति
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्रहरामि: I strike
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular

• वज्रम्: thunderbolt
• वज्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कः: who?
• कः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative/Genitive, Singular

• असुखाय: for (my) discomfort
• असुखाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुख
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

• प्रहरेत्: might strike
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ
• Form: Optative, 3rd, Singular

• मर्त्यः: a mortal (man)
• मर्त्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Soma
• Vajra (thunderbolt)
• Enemy (ari)
• Mortal (martya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power is to be governed by restraint: one should not accept an enemy’s intoxicating/compromising offering, and one should not strike a weakened opponent. True strength includes ethical self-control.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra (Śakra) speaks of his immense capability, yet emphasizes his chosen limits—refusing an enemy’s soma and refusing to strike the enfeebled—then challenges the idea that any mortal could truly harm him.