gaṇaḿ sāḿvartakaḿ nāma
meghānāḿ cānta-kārīṇām
indraḥ pracodayat kruddho
vākyaḿ cāheśa-māny uta
ganam -- the group; samvartakam nama -- named Samvartaka; meghanam -- of clouds; ca -- and; anta-karinam -- who effect the end of the universe; indrah -- Indra; pracodayat -- sent forth; kruddhah -- angry; vakyam -- words; ca -- and; aha -- spoke; isa-mani -- falsely thinking himself the supreme controller; uta -- indeed.
Angry Indra sent forth the clouds of universal destruction, known as Samvartaka. Imagining himself the supreme controller, he spoke as follows.
The word isa-mani here is very significant. Indra arrogantly considered himself to be the Lord, and thus he exhibited the typical attitude of a conditioned soul. Many thinkers in the twentieth century have noted the exaggerated sense of individual prestige characteristic of our culture; indeed, writers have even coined the phrase "the me generation." Everyone in this world is more or less guilty of the syndrome called isa-mana, or proudly considering oneself the Lord.
