Shloka 47
सच पश्यतु देवेन्द्रो दुरात्मा पापचेतन: । उपस्पृश्य ततः क्रुद्धस्तपस्वी सुमहायशा:,साथ ही वह पापात्मा और दुरात्मा देवेन्द्र भी मेरा महान् तपोबल देख ले। ऐसा कहकर क्रोधमें भरे हुए तपस्वी एवं महायशस्वी त्वष्टाने आचमन करके अग्निमें आहुति दे घोर रूपवाले वृत्रासुरको उत्पन्न करके उससे कहा--*इन्द्रशत्रो! तू मेरी तपस्याके प्रभावसे खूब बढ़ जा'
sa ca paśyatu devendro durātmā pāpacetanaḥ | upaspṛśya tataḥ kruddhas tapasvī sumahāyaśāḥ ||
“Let even Indra, lord of the gods—wicked and sinful-minded—behold my mighty ascetic power.” Having spoken thus, the great and renowned ascetic Tvaṣṭṛ, inflamed with anger, performed ācamana (ritual sipping of water), then poured oblations into the fire. From that rite he brought forth the fearsome Vṛtrāsura and addressed him: “O Indra’s-slayer, by the force of my austerity, grow strong and flourish.”
शल्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how immense spiritual or ritual power (tapas and yajña) is ethically ambivalent: when driven by anger and vindictiveness, it can be turned toward destructive ends, challenging even divine authority. It implicitly warns that inner intention (cetanā) shapes the moral weight and consequences of powerful actions.
Tvaṣṭṛ, angered, declares that Indra will witness his ascetic might. He performs purification (ācamana), offers oblations into the fire, and produces the terrifying Vṛtrāsura, commanding him—addressed as ‘Indraśatru’—to grow strong through the force of Tvaṣṭṛ’s austerities.