रजसा चोदिता मेघा वर्षन्त्यम्बूनि सर्वत: । प्रजास्तैरेव सिध्यन्ति महेन्द्र: किं करिष्यति ॥ २३ ॥
rajasā coditā meghā varṣanty ambūni sarvataḥ prajās tair eva sidhyanti mahendraḥ kiṁ kariṣyati
- rajasā
- by passion
- coditāḥ
- impelled
- meghāḥ
- the clouds
- varṣanti
- pour down
- ambūni
- their water
- sarvataḥ
- everywhere
- prajāḥ
- the population
- taiḥ
- by that water
- eva
- simply
- sidhyanti
- maintain their existence
- mahā-indraḥ
- the great Indra
- kim
- what
- kariṣyati
- can do
Impelled by the material mode of passion, the clouds pour down their rain everywhere, and by this rain all creatures gain their sustenance. What has the great Indra to do with this arrangement?