202 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 11

TEXT 19
aa nara feafy ast
qe faa atiia aeaaTay |
a daar a Wea aa:
AMPA: FIMAT AAT 128

suresa kasman na hinosi vajrarn
purah sthite vairini mayy amogham

m4 samsayistha na gadeva vajrah
syan nisphalah krpanartheva yacna

sura-isa—O King of the demigods; kasmét—why; na—not; hinosi—
you hurl; vajram—the thunderbolt; purah sthite—standing in front;
vairini—your enemy; mayi—at me; amogham—which is infallible
(your thunderbolt); ma—do not; sarnsayisthah—doubt; na—not; gada
iva—like the club; vajrah—the thunderbolt; syat—may be;
nisphalah—with no result; krpana—from a miserly person; artha—for
money; tva—like; ydcrid —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 re-
quest 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 Vrtrasura, Vrtrasura 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 Vrtrasura. he
was doubtful, thinking that the thunderbolt might also fail. Vrtrasura,
however, being a Vaisnava, assured Indra that the thunderbolt would not
fail, for Vrtrasura knew that it had been prepared in accordance with the
