Shloka 33
Devanagari script
असूयतश्च शक्रस्य वज्ेण प्रहरिष्यत: । स वज्ं स्तम्भयामास त॑ बाहुं परिघोपमम्
Transliteration
asūyataś ca śakrasya vajreṇa prahariṣyataḥ | sa vajraṃ stambhayāmāsa taṃ bāhuṃ parighopamam ||
Translation
វាយុបាននិយាយថា៖ ពេលឥន្ទ្រ (សក្រក) ត្រូវអារម្មណ៍ច្រណែនគ្របដណ្ដប់ ហើយកំពុងត្រៀមវាយដោយវជ្រា ក្មេងនោះបានធ្វើឲ្យដៃដែលកាន់វជ្រារបស់គាត់—ក្រាស់ និងគួរឲ្យខ្លាចដូចដំបងដែក—កកស្ទះ មិនអាចចលនា។
Word by Word
असूयतःof (him) being envious
असूयतः:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootअसूयत् (असूया-वत्)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
शक्रस्यof Śakra (Indra)
शक्रस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशक्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
वज्रेणwith the thunderbolt
वज्रेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
प्रहरिष्यतःof (him) intending to strike / about to strike
प्रहरिष्यतः:
Adhikarana
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-हृ (प्रहरति)
Formलृट्-कृदन्त (भविष्यत्/शतृ), Masculine, Genitive, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वज्रम्the thunderbolt
वज्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
स्तम्भयामासstopped; immobilized
स्तम्भयामास:
TypeVerb
Rootस्तम्भ्
Formलिट् (परस्मैपद, periphrastic perfect), Third, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
बाहुम्arm
बाहुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबाहु
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
परिघोपमम्like an iron bar (club-like)
परिघोपमम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपरिघ-उपम
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vāyu (speaker)Ś
Śakra/IndraV
vajra (thunderbolt)B
bāhu (arm)P
parigha (iron club/bar, as simile)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Even powerful beings can be driven by asūyā (jealousy), which leads toward unjust violence; higher strength is shown in the ability to restrain harm and neutralize aggression without escalating it.
Indra, jealous, prepares to strike a boy with the vajra, but the boy miraculously immobilizes Indra’s thunderbolt-bearing arm—described as thick like a parigha—preventing the blow.