Shloka 36

Adhyāya 222 — ब्रह्मस्थानप्राप्ति: मोक्षधर्मे समत्वव्रतम्

Attaining the Brahman-Station: The Vow of Equanimity in Mokṣadharma

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तो दैत्यपतिना शक्रो विस्मयमागमत्‌ | प्रीतिमांश्व॒ तदा राजंस्तद्वाक्यं प्रत्यपूजयत्‌

Transliteration

ity ukto daityapatinā śakro vismayam āgamat | prītimāṁś ca tadā rājan tad-vākyaṁ pratyapūjayat |

Translation

被代提耶族之主如此言说，因陀罗（Indra）大为惊异。于是，噢，国王啊，他心生欢喜，便礼敬并称赞那番言辞——在敌人的劝诫中看见了出人意料的高贵与对正法的坚守。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्तः: having been spoken to / addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: past passive participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दैत्यपतिना: by the lord of the Daityas
• दैत्यपतिना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्यपति
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• विस्मयम्: astonishment
• विस्मयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्मय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आगमत्: attained / came to
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रीतिमान्: pleased, delighted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीतिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• प्रत्यपूजयत्: praised / honored in return
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, प्रति

Speaker

प्रह्माद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Daityapati (lord of the Daityas)
• Śakra (Indra)
• Rājan (the king addressed by the narrator)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when wisdom comes from an opponent, it deserves recognition. Dharma includes the capacity to honor truthful, beneficial speech regardless of the speaker’s affiliation.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the Daitya leader speaks, Indra (Śakra) is amazed; then, pleased, he responds by honoring and praising the statement, indicating respect for the moral force of the words.