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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 11]
TEXT 19
सुरेश कसान्न हिनोषि वज्रं 
  पुरः स्थिते वैरिणि मय्यमोघम् । 
  मा संशयिष्ठा न गदेव वज्रः 
  स्यान्निष्फलः कृपणार्थेव याच्ञा ॥१९॥
sureśa kasmān na hinoṣi vajraṁ 
  puraḥ sthite vairiṇi mayy amogham 
  mā saṁśayiṣṭhā na gadeva vajraḥ 
  syān niṣphalaḥ kṛpaṇārtheva yācñā
sura-īśa —O King of the demigods;  kasmāt —why;  na —not;  hinoṣi —you hurl;  vajraṁ —the thunderbolt;  puraḥ sthite —standing in front;  vairiṇi —your enemy;  mayi —at me;  amogham —which is infallible (your thunderbolt);  mā —do not;  saṁśayiṣṭhāḥ —doubt;  na —not;  gadā iva —like the club;  vajraḥ —the thunderbolt;  syāt —may be;  niṣphalaḥ —with no result;  kṛpaṇa —from a miserly person;  arthā —for money;  iva —like;  yācñā —a request.
TRANSLATION
O King of the demigods, since I, your enemy, am standing before you, why don't you hurl your thunderbolt at me? Although your attack upon me with your club was certainly useless, like a request of money from a miser, the thunderbolt you carry will not be useless. You need have no doubts about this.
PURPORT
When King Indra threw his club at Vṛtrāsura, Vṛtrāsura caught it in his left hand and retaliated by using it to strike the head of Indra's elephant. Thus Indra's attack was a disastrous failure. Indeed, Indra's elephant was injured and thrown back fourteen yards. Therefore even though Indra stood with the thunderbolt to hurl against Vṛtrāsura, he was doubtful, thinking that the thunderbolt might also fail. Vṛtrāsura, however, being a Vaiṣṇava, assured Indra that the thunderbolt would not fail, for Vṛtrāsura knew that it had been prepared in accordance with the