Shloka 33
ते समासाद्य वरदं वासवं लोकपूजितम् । ऊचुरेकाग्रमनसो जहि वृत्रमिति प्रभो,तत्पश्चात् बुद्धिमान् बृहस्पति, महातेस्वी वसिष्ठ तथा सम्पूर्ण महर्षि वरदायक, लोकपूजित शतक्रतु इन्द्रके पास जाकर एकाग्रचित्त हो इस प्रकार बोले--'प्रभो! वृत्रासुरका वध करो”
te samāsādya varadaṃ vāsavaṃ lokapūjitam | ūcur ekāgramanaso jahi vṛtram iti prabho || tatpaścāt buddhimān bṛhaspatiḥ mahātejasvī vasiṣṭhaḥ tathā sampūrṇā maharṣayaḥ varadāyakaṃ lokapūjitaṃ śatakratuṃ indram upetyaikāgracittāḥ evam ūcuḥ— “prabho! vṛtrāsurasya vadhaṃ kuru” |
Bhishma said: Having approached Vāsava (Indra), the boon-giver revered by the worlds, they spoke with minds fixed in single-pointed resolve: “O Lord, slay Vṛtra.” Thereafter the wise Bṛhaspati, the greatly radiant Vasiṣṭha, and the assembled perfected seers went to Indra—Śatakratu, famed and worshipped as a giver of boons—and, with concentrated hearts, urged him: “O Lord, bring about the death of Vṛtrāsura.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even powerful rulers are to act under the guidance of wisdom and dharma: when a threat endangers the worlds, decisive action—endorsed by enlightened counsel and undertaken with focused intent—becomes a duty rather than mere aggression.
A group led by Bṛhaspati and Vasiṣṭha approaches Indra, praised as a boon-giver, and with concentrated minds urges him to slay Vṛtra/Vṛtrāsura, framing the act as a necessary intervention for cosmic order.