Shloka 3636
पुराण्यायोधयांचक्रे वज़पातै: समन्तत: । जब सम्पूर्ण लोकोंके प्राणी पीड़ित होने लगे, तब देवताओंसहित इन्द्र चारों ओरसे वज्रपात करते हुए उन तीनों पुरोंके साथ युद्ध करने लगे
purāṇy āyodhayāṃ cakre vajrapātaiḥ samantataḥ |
જ્યારે સર્વ લોકોના પ્રાણીઓ પીડિત થવા લાગ્યા, ત્યારે દેવતાઓ સાથે ઇન્દ્રે તે પ્રાચીન પુરો સામે યુદ્ધ શરૂ કર્યું અને ચારે તરફથી વજ્રપાત કરવા લાગ્યો.
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage frames force as ethically justified only when it serves the protection of living beings and the restoration of order: divine power (Indra’s vajra) is depicted not as arbitrary violence but as a response to widespread suffering, implying that authority—human or divine—must be accountable to the welfare of the world.
Duryodhana narrates a mythic episode in which Indra, together with the gods, attacks ancient strongholds, striking them from all directions with thunderbolts. The context given is that the creatures of the world were being afflicted, prompting Indra’s intervention and the ensuing battle.