Shloka 47
इन्द्रस्य दुःखप्राप्तिः—त्रिशिरोवधः, वृत्रोत्पत्तिः, जृम्भिकाजननम्
Indra’s Distress: Slaying of Triśiras, Birth of Vṛtra, and the Origin of Yawning
सच पश्यतु देवेन्द्रो दुरात्मा पापचेतन: । उपस्पृश्य ततः क्रुद्धस्तपस्वी सुमहायशा:
sa ca paśyatu devendro durātmā pāpacetanaḥ | upaspṛśya tataḥ kruddhas tapasvī sumahāyaśāḥ ||
「神々の王インドラ――邪なる魂、罪深き思念の者――にも、我が大いなる苦行力を見せつけよ。」そう言い放つと、怒りに燃える大名声の苦行者トヴァシュトリは、アーチャマナ（ācamana、儀礼の啜水）を行い、ついで火中に供物を注いだ。その儀式より、恐るべきヴリトラースラを生み出し、彼に告げた。「インドラを討つ者よ、我が苦行の威力によって、いよいよ増大し、強盛となれ。」
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.