SB 8.11.36

TEXT 36

TEXT

सो ऽयं प्रतिहतो वज्रो मया मुक्तो ऽसुरे ऽल्पके ।
नाहं तदाददे दण्डं ब्रह्मतेजो ऽप्यकारणम् ॥ 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.

TRANSLATION

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.

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