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ŚB 9.3.25

Devanagari

हन्तुं तमाददे वज्रं सद्योमन्युरमर्षित: ।
सवज्रं स्तम्भयामास भुजमिन्द्रस्य भार्गव: ॥ २५ ॥

Text

hantuṁ tam ādade vajraṁ
sadyo manyur amarṣitaḥ
savajraṁ stambhayām āsa
bhujam indrasya bhārgavaḥ

Synonyms

hantum — to kill; tam — him (Cyavana); ādade — Indra took up; vajram — his thunderbolt; sadyaḥ — immediately; manyuḥ — because of great anger, without consideration; amarṣitaḥ — being very much perturbed; sa-vajram — with the thunderbolt; stambhayām āsa — paralyzed; bhujam — the arm; indrasya — of Indra; bhārgavaḥ — Cyavana Muni, the descendant of Bhṛgu.

Translation

King Indra, being perturbed and angry, wanted to kill Cyavana Muni, and therefore he impetuously took up his thunderbolt. But Cyavana Muni, by his powers, paralyzed Indra’s arm that held the thunderbolt.