असूयतश्च शक्रस्य वज्ेण प्रहरिष्यत: । बाहुं सवज्ं तं तस्य क्रुद्धस्यास्तम्भयत् प्रभु:
asūyataś ca śakrasya vajreṇa prahariṣyataḥ | bāhuṃ savajraṃ taṃ tasya kruddhasyāstambhayat prabhuḥ ||
ວະຍາສະກ່າວວ່າ: ເມື່ອສັກຣະ (ອິນທຣາ) ຖືກຄວາມອິດສາແລະຄວາມຂຸ່ນເຄືອງຜັກດັນ ກໍກຳລັງຈະຟາດດ້ວຍວັດຊະຣະ, ພຣະອົງຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ໄດ້ຢຸດຢັ້ງແຂນຂອງພຣະອິນທຣາ—ທີ່ຖືວັດຊະຣະຢູ່—ໃນຍາມໂກດ ເພື່ອຫ້າມບໍ່ໃຫ້ການກະທຳນັ້ນເກີດຂຶ້ນ. ຕອນນີ້ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນຄຸນທຳທີ່ຈຳເປັນ: ຕ້ອງຂັບຄວາມໂກດ ແລະປ້ອງກັນຄວາມຮຸນແຮງທີ່ທຳລາຍ ແມ່ນແຕ່ເມື່ອມີອຳນາດແລະອາວຸດຢູ່ໃນມື.
व्यास उवाच
Power must be governed by restraint: even a justified or possible act of violence becomes adharma when driven by envy and anger. The verse highlights the dharmic ideal of preventing harm by checking wrath at its source.
Indra (Śakra), resentful and angry, raises his arm to strike with the thunderbolt. A mighty figure (prabhuḥ) intervenes and physically restrains his arm, stopping the blow before it is delivered.