इन्द्रो न वज्रं जगृहे विलज्जित- श्च्युतं स्वहस्तादरिसन्निधौ पुन: । तमाह वृत्रो हर आत्तवज्रो जहि स्वशत्रुं न विषादकाल: ॥ ६ ॥
indro na vajram jagrhe vilajjitas cyutam sva-hastad ari-sannidhau punah tam aha vrtro hara atta-vajro jahi sva-satrum na visada-kalah
- indrah
- King Indra
- na
- not
- vajram
- the thunderbolt
- jagrhe
- took up
- vilajjitah
- being ashamed
- cyutam
- fallen
- sva-hastat
- from his own hand
- ari-sannidhau
- in front of his enemy
- punah
- again
- tam
- unto him
- aha
- said
- vrtrah
- Vrtrasura
- hare
- O Indra
- atta-vajrah
- taking up your thunderbolt
- jahi
- kill
- sva-satrum
- your enemy
- na
- not
- visada-kalah
- the time for lamentation.
Having dropped the thunderbolt from his hand in the presence of his enemy, Indra was practically defeated and was very much ashamed. He dared not pick up his weapon again. Vrtrasura, however, encouraged him, saying, Take up your thunderbolt and kill your enemy.