Shloka 32
Marutta’s Sacrifice and Agni’s Embassy (मरुत्त-यज्ञे दूतत्वम्)
वजन गृहीत्वा च पुरन्दर त्वं सम्प्राहार्षीक्ष्यवनस्यातिघोरम् । स ते विप्र: सह वज्ेण बाहु- मपागृह्नात् तपसा जातमन्यु:,पुरंदर! उस समय आप अत्यन्त भयंकर वज्र लेकर महर्षि च्यवनके ऊपर प्रहार करना ही चाहते थे; किंतु उन ब्रह्मर्षिने कुपित होकर अपने तपोबलसे आपकी बाँहको वज्जसहित जकड़ दिया
vajraṁ gṛhītvā ca purandara tvaṁ samprahārṣī kṣyavanasya atighoram | sa te vipraḥ saha vajreṇa bāhum apāgṛhṇāt tapasā jātamanyuḥ purandara |
O Purandara, you once seized your thunderbolt and were about to strike the exceedingly formidable sage Cyavana. But that brahmarṣi, angered, restrained your arm together with the thunderbolt by the power of his austerities—showing that spiritual discipline can check even divine force when it is misdirected.
शक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power—whether divine or martial—must be governed by dharma; tapas and brahminical spiritual authority can restrain even Indra’s thunderbolt when violence is about to be misapplied.
Indra (Śakra/Purandara) raises the vajra to strike the sage Cyavana, but the enraged brahmarṣi, through ascetic power, immobilizes Indra’s arm along with the weapon, preventing the blow.