हरेर्दधीचेस्तपसा च तेजितः ।
तेनैव शत्रुं जहि विष्णुयन्त्रितो
यतो हरिर्विजयः श्रीर्गुणास्ततः ॥२०॥
nanv eá¹£a vajras tava Å›akra tejasÄ
harer dadhÄ«ces tapasÄ ca tejitaḥ
tenaiva śatruṠjahi viṣṇu-yantrito
yato harir vijayaḥ Å›rÄ«r guṇÄs tataḥ
nanu - certainly; eá¹£aḥ - this; vajraḥ - thunderbolt; tava - of yours; Å›akra - O Indra; tejasÄ - by the prowess; hareḥ - of Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; dadhÄ«ceḥ - of DadhÄ«ci; tapasÄ - by the austerities; ca - as well as; tejitaḥ - empowered; tena - with that; eva - certainly; Å›atrum - your enemy; jahi - kill; viṣṇu-yantritaḥ - ordered by Lord Viṣṇu; yataḥ - wherever; hariḥ - Lord Viṣṇu; vijayaḥ - victory; Å›rīḥ - opulences; guṇÄḥ - and other good qualities; tataḥ - there.
O Indra, King of heaven, the thunderbolt you carry to kill me has been empowered by the prowess of Lord Viṣṇu and the strength of Dadhīci’s austerities. Since you have come here to kill me in accordance with Lord Viṣṇu’s order, there is no doubt that I shall be killed by the release of your thunderbolt. Lord Viṣṇu has sided with you. Therefore your victory, opulence and all good qualities are assured.
Vá¹›trÄsura not only assured King Indra that the thunderbolt was invincible, but also encouraged Indra to use it against him as soon as possible. Vá¹›trÄsura was eager to die with the stroke of the thunderbolt sent by Lord Viṣṇu so that he could immediately return home, back to Godhead. By hurling the thunderbolt, Indra would gain victory and enjoy the heavenly planets, remaining in the material world for repeated birth and death. Indra wanted to gain victory over Vá¹›trÄsura and thereby become happy, but that would not at all be happiness. The heavenly planets are just below Brahmaloka, but as stated by the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, Äbrahma-bhuvanÄl lokÄḥ punar Ävartino ’rjuna: even if one achieves Brahmaloka, he must still fall to the lower planetary systems again and again. However, if one goes back to Godhead, he never returns to this material world. By killing Vá¹›trÄsura, Indra would not actually gain; he would remain in the material world. Vá¹›trÄsura, however, would go to the spiritual world. Therefore victory was destined for Vá¹›trÄsura, not for Indra.
