Shloka 103
Vāsudeva’s Upadeśa: The Inner Enemy and the Indra–Vṛtra Precedent (आत्मशत्रु-बोधः; इन्द्र-वृत्रोपाख्यानम्)
शतक्रतुरतिक्रुद्धस्तत्र वज़्मवासृजत् । जब जलपर भी वृत्रासुरका अधिकार तथा रसरूपी विषयका अपहरण हो गया, तब अत्यन्त क्रोधमें भरे हुए इन्द्रने वहाँ भी उसपर वज्रका प्रहार किया
śatakratur atikruddhas tatra vajram avāsṛjat |
ヴァーユは語った。「百の供犠の主（シャタクラトゥ）インドラは、激しい憤怒に燃え、その場で金剛杵（ヴァジュラ）を投げ放った。物語の流れでは、これはヴリトラースラが正当な支配と享受――『ラサ』にも比すべき経験の対象――を奪い去った後に起こる。インドラの怒りは、宇宙の秩序を回復せんとする義務と、制御されぬ怒りに駆られて行為する危うさとの、倫理的緊張を示している。」
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a moral tension: even when the aim is to restore rightful order, actions driven by uncontrolled anger can be ethically fraught. It invites reflection on how power should be exercised—firmly for dharma, yet with inner restraint.
Vāyu narrates that Indra, furious, releases his vajra (thunderbolt) at that moment and place, responding to a situation where authority and the ‘rasa’-like enjoyments/objects had been taken away—prompting Indra’s violent counteraction.