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

风神伐由说道：当释迦（因陀罗）被嫉妒攫住，正要举起金刚雷霆下击之时，那少年竟使他那持金刚的臂膀——粗壮可怖，如铁杵一般——连同雷霆一并凝住，动弹不得。

Word by Word

• असूयतः: of (him) being envious
• असूयतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असूयत् (असूया-वत्)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शक्रस्य: of Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वज्रेण: with the thunderbolt
• वज्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रहरिष्यतः: of (him) intending to strike / about to strike
• प्रहरिष्यतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हृ (प्रहरति)
• Form: लृट्-कृदन्त (भविष्यत्/शतृ), Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वज्रम्: the thunderbolt
• वज्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्तम्भयामास: stopped; immobilized
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तम्भ्
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद, periphrastic perfect), Third, Singular

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बाहुम्: arm
• बाहुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परिघोपमम्: like an iron bar (club-like)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परिघ-उपम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (speaker)
• Śakra/Indra
• vajra (thunderbolt)
• bāhu (arm)
• parigha (iron club/bar, as simile)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.