Shloka 39

Devanagari script

शक्र उवाच भगवंस्त्वत्प्रसादेन दितिजं सुदुरासदम्‌ । वज्नेण निहनिष्यामि पश्यतस्ते सुरर्षभ

Transliteration

śakra uvāca bhagavaṁs tvatprasādena ditijaṁ sudurāsadam | vajreṇa nihaniṣyāmi paśyatas te surarṣabha ||

Translation

শক্ৰে ক’লে—হে ভগৱান! আপোনাৰ প্ৰসাদে মই সেই দিতিজক, যাক দমন কৰা অতি দুৰূহ, বজ্ৰেৰে নিহন কৰিম—আপুনি চাই থাকিব, হে দেৱশ্ৰেষ্ঠ।

Word by Word

शक्रःŚakra (Indra)

उवाचsaid

भगवन्O Blessed one / O Lord

त्वत्from you

प्रसादेनby (your) grace/favor

दितिजम्the son of Diti (a Daitya)

सुदुरासदम्very hard to approach/assail

वज्रेणwith the thunderbolt

निहनिष्यामिI shall strike down/kill

पश्यतःof (you) who are watching

तेyour

सुरर्षभO bull among the gods (best of the gods)

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śakra (Indra)

Bhagavān (revered divine figure addressed)

Ditija (Daitya, descendant of Diti)

Vajra (thunderbolt weapon)

Suras (gods)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethic that rightful power should be exercised with humility and accountability: Śakra attributes success not to ego but to the grace and sanction of a higher, righteous authority, implying that force is legitimate when aligned with dharma and guided by reverence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śakra (Indra) addresses a revered divine figure, declaring that, empowered by that being’s favor, he will use the vajra to defeat a formidable Daitya (a descendant of Diti), doing so openly in the other’s presence.