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Shloka 3

इन्द्रस्य दुःखप्राप्तिः—त्रिशिरोवधः, वृत्रोत्पत्तिः, जृम्भिकाजननम्

Indra’s Distress: Slaying of Triśiras, Birth of Vṛtra, and the Origin of Yawning

त्वष्टा प्रजापतिहासीद्‌ देवश्रेष्ठोी महातपा: । स पुत्र वै त्रिशिरसमिन्द्रद्रोहात्‌ किलासृजत्‌

tvaṣṭā prajāpatiḥ āsīd devaśreṣṭho mahātapāḥ | sa putraṃ vai triśirasaṃ indradrohāt kilāsṛjat |

沙利耶说道:“从前有一位名为特瓦什特里(Tvaṣṭṛ)的生主(Prajāpati),在诸天之中最为卓越,且为大苦行者。据说,他因对因陀罗怀起敌意,便生出一子,名为特里希拉斯(Triśiras)——三首之者。”

त्वष्टाTvaṣṭṛ (the divine artisan)
त्वष्टा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootत्वष्टृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रजापतिःPrajāpati (lord of creatures)
प्रजापतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजापति
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आसीत्was
आसीत्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormImperfect, Third, Singular
देवश्रेष्ठःbest among the gods
देवश्रेष्ठः:
TypeAdjective
Rootदेवश्रेष्ठ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महातपाःof great austerity
महातपाः:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहातपस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुत्रम्a son
पुत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
त्रिशिरसम्three-headed
त्रिशिरसम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रिशिरस्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
इन्द्रद्रोहात्from hostility toward Indra / due to enmity with Indra
इन्द्रद्रोहात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रद्रोह
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
किलit is said; indeed
किल:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिल
असृजत्created; produced
असृजत्:
TypeVerb
Rootसृज्
FormImperfect, Third, Singular

शल्य उवाच

Ś
Śalya
T
Tvaṣṭṛ (Tvaṣṭā)
P
Prajāpati
I
Indra
T
Triśiras (Triśirā)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights an ethical warning: when hostility (droha) arises—even in a venerable, ascetic figure—it can lead to creations/actions that disrupt harmony and set larger conflicts in motion. Inner intention becomes causally potent.

Śalya introduces a traditional account: Tvaṣṭṛ, a Prajāpati famed for austerity, becomes antagonistic toward Indra and, due to that antagonism, produces a three-headed son named Triśiras.