202 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 11
TEXT 19
aa wera feniy aH
akan ~
ge: far atti aera |
mM daar a Wa aD:
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AAS: FIMAT AeA 1128
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
