Shloka 35

इन्द्रस्य दुःखप्राप्तिः—त्रिशिरोवधः, वृत्रोत्पत्तिः, जृम्भिकाजननम्

Indra’s Distress: Slaying of Triśiras, Birth of Vṛtra, and the Origin of Yawning

Devanagari script

शक्र उवाच पश्चाद्‌ धर्म चरिष्यामि पावनार्थ सुदुश्चरम्‌ । शत्रुरेष महावीरयों वज्ेण निहतो मया,इन्द्रने कहा--यह मेरा महान्‌ शक्तिशाली शत्रु था, जिसे मैंने वज़्से मार डाला है। इसके बाद ब्रह्महत्यासे अपनी शुद्धि करनेके लिये मैं किसी ऐसे धर्मका अनुष्ठान करूँगा, जो दूसरोंके लिये अत्यन्त दुष्कर हो

Transliteration

śakra uvāca paścād dharma cariṣyāmi pāvanārtha suduścaram | śatrur eṣa mahāvīryo vajreṇa nihato mayā ||

Translation

ရှက္ကရ (အိန္ဒြာ) ပြောသည်– «ဤနောက်တွင် သန့်စင်ခြင်းအတွက် အလွန်ခက်ခဲသော ဓမ္မကျင့်ဝတ်တစ်ရပ်ကို ငါ ဆောင်ရွက်မည်။ ဤသူသည် ငါ့၏ အင်အားကြီးမားသော ရန်သူဖြစ်၍ ငါသည် မိုးကြိုးလက်နက် (ဝဇ္ရ) ဖြင့် သတ်လိုက်သည်»။

Word by Word

• {'śakra': 'Indra

• the lord of the gods', 'uvāca': 'said', 'paścāt': 'afterwards

• thereafter', 'dharma': 'righteous duty

• religious observance', 'cariṣyāmi': 'I shall practice/undertake', 'pāvanārtham': 'for the purpose of purification', 'suduścaram': 'very difficult to perform

• arduous', 'śatruḥ': 'enemy', 'eṣa': 'this (one)', 'mahāvīryaḥ': 'of great valor/power', 'vajreṇa': 'with the vajra (thunderbolt weapon)', 'nihataḥ': 'slain

• killed', 'mayā': 'by me'}

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• vajra (thunderbolt weapon)
• enemy (unnamed in this verse)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a victorious act of force can carry moral and ritual consequences; therefore one must accept responsibility and undertake difficult dharmic discipline for purification rather than claiming immunity due to power or status.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra declares that he has killed a formidable enemy with his vajra and then states his intention to perform an arduous religious observance to purify himself afterward, implying the need for expiation following a grave act.