मयास्मै यद् वरो दत्तो मृत्युर्नैवार्द्रशुष्कयो: । अतोऽन्यश्चिन्तनीयस्ते उपायो मघवन् रिपो: ॥ ३८ ॥
mayasmai yad varo datto mrtyur naivardra-suskayoh ato ’nyas cintaniyas te upayo maghavan ripoh
- maya
- by me
- asmai
- unto him
- yat
- because
- varah
- a benediction
- dattah
- has been granted
- mrtyuh
- death
- na
- not
- eva
- indeed
- ardra
- by either a moist
- suskayoh
- or by a dry medium
- atah
- therefore
- anyah
- something else, another
- cintaniyah
- has to be thought of
- te
- by you
- upayah
- means
- maghavan
- O Indra
- ripoh
- of your enemy.
The voice also said, “O Indra, because I have given this demon the benediction that he will never be killed by any weapon that is dry or moist, you have to think of another way to kill him.”