Shloka 132

Devanagari script

गच्छास्य ब्राह्मणस्य साहाय्यं कुरुष्वेति । अथ वज्ं दण्डकाष्ठमनुप्रविश्य तद्‌ बिलमदारयत्‌,उन्होंने वज़से कहा--“जाओ, इस ब्राह्मणकी सहायता करो।” तब वज्ने डंडेकी लकड़ीमें प्रवेश करके उस बिलको विदीर्ण कर दिया (इससे पाताललोकमें जानेके लिये मार्ग बन गया)

Transliteration

gacchāsya brāhmaṇasya sāhāyyaṃ kuruṣveti | atha vajraṃ daṇḍakāṣṭham anupraviśya tad bilaṃ adārayat |

Translation

Indra commanded the Vajra, “Go and aid this brāhmaṇa.” Then the Vajra entered into the staff-wood and split that burrow open, opening a passage downward.

Word by Word

गच्छgo

अस्यof this (man)

ब्राह्मणस्यof the Brahmin

साहाय्यम्help, assistance

कुरुष्वdo, render (help)

इतिthus (quotative)

अथthen

वज्रःVajra (the thunderbolt / personified Vajra)

दण्डकाष्ठम्a staff-wood, stick of wood

अनुप्रविश्यhaving entered

तत्that

बिलम्hole, cave, burrow

अदारयत्split, tore open

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Rāma

Brāhmaṇa

Vajra

Daṇḍakāṣṭha (staff-wood)

Bila (burrow/cavity)

Pātāla (netherworld, implied by the Hindi gloss)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma as practical compassion: when a brāhmaṇa seeks help, one should respond promptly and effectively, removing obstacles rather than offering mere words.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rāma instructs Vajra to assist a brāhmaṇa. Vajra then enters into the staff-wood and cleaves open a burrow, creating an opening—understood in the accompanying tradition as a route leading downward (toward the nether regions).