सोऽयं प्रतिहतो वज्रो मया मुक्तोऽसुरेऽल्पके । नाहं तदाददे दण्डं ब्रह्मतेजोऽप्यकारणम् ॥ ३६ ॥
so ’yam pratihato vajro maya mukto ’sure ’lpake naham tad adade dandam brahma-tejo ’py akaranam
- sah ayam
- therefore, this thunderbolt
- pratihatah
- repelled
- vajrah
- thunderbolt
- maya
- by me
- muktah
- released
- asure
- unto that demon
- alpake
- less important
- na
- not
- aham
- I
- tat
- that
- adade
- hold
- dandam
- it is now just like a rod
- brahma-tejah
- as powerful as a brahmastra
- api
- although
- akaranam
- now it is useless.
But now, although the same thunderbolt has been released against a less important demon, it has been ineffectual. Therefore, although it was as good as a brahmastra, it has now become useless like an ordinary rod. I shall therefore hold it no longer.