Shloka 132

Devanagari script

गच्छास्य ब्राह्मणस्य साहाय्यं कुरुष्वेति । अथ वज्ं दण्डकाष्ठमनुप्रविश्य तद्‌ बिलमदारयत्‌,उन्होंने वज़से कहा--“जाओ, इस ब्राह्मणकी सहायता करो।” तब वज्ने डंडेकी लकड़ीमें प्रवेश करके उस बिलको विदीर्ण कर दिया (इससे पाताललोकमें जानेके लिये मार्ग बन गया)

Transliteration

gacchāsya brāhmaṇasya sāhāyyaṃ kuruṣveti | atha vajraṃ daṇḍakāṣṭham anupraviśya tad bilaṃ adārayat |

Translation

Iniutos ni Indra sa Vajra, “Humayo at tulungan ang brāhmaṇa na ito.” Pagkatapos, pumasok ang Vajra sa kahoy ng tungkod at biniyak ang lungga, na nagbukas ng daan pababa.

Word by Word

गच्छgo

अस्यof this (man)

ब्राह्मणस्यof the Brahmin

साहाय्यम्help, assistance

कुरुष्वdo, render (help)

इतिthus (quotative)

अथthen

वज्रःVajra (the thunderbolt / personified Vajra)

दण्डकाष्ठम्a staff-wood, stick of wood

अनुप्रविश्यhaving entered

तत्that

बिलम्hole, cave, burrow

अदारयत्split, tore open

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Rāma

Brāhmaṇa

Vajra

Daṇḍakāṣṭha (staff-wood)

Bila (burrow/cavity)

Pātāla (netherworld, implied by the Hindi gloss)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma as practical compassion: when a brāhmaṇa seeks help, one should respond promptly and effectively, removing obstacles rather than offering mere words.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rāma instructs Vajra to assist a brāhmaṇa. Vajra then enters into the staff-wood and cleaves open a burrow, creating an opening—understood in the accompanying tradition as a route leading downward (toward the nether regions).