निवृत्तः सहसा पार्थ महागज इवोन्नदन् । स वज्रमुष्टि नाहत्य भुजे शक्रमपातयत्
nivṛttaḥ sahasā pārtha mahāgaja ivonnadan | sa vajramuṣṭi nāhatya bhuje śakramapātayat
Alors Tāraka se retourna soudain, mugissant tel un éléphant puissant. D’un poing dur comme le vajra, il frappa le bras d’Indra et fit choir Śakra.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages
Scene: Tāraka pivots suddenly, roaring like a rutting elephant; his fist—likened to a vajra—smashes Indra’s arm; Indra reels and falls, crown and thunderbolt slipping as Devas recoil.
Power without Dharma can topple even the mighty; hence divine victory requires a higher, divinely ordained resolution.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is purely narrative.
None.