Shloka 84

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तो देवदेवा भ्यां सहस्राक्षो5ब्रवीद्‌ वच: । आमन्त्र्य सर्वभूतानि ब्रह्देशानानुशासनम्‌

Transliteration

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

Translation

三阇耶说道：“既被两位神中之主如此告语，千眼的因陀罗便开口发言。他郑重辞别一切众生之后，遂就广阔诸方颁下号令。”

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.