Chapter 8 · Aṣṭamo’dhyāyaḥ (Eighth Chapter)
Verse 21
वज्रहस्ता तथैवैन्द्री गजराजोपरि स्थिता। प्राप्ता सहस्रनयना यथा शक्रस्तथैव सा ॥ २१ ॥
vajrahastā tathaivaindrī gajarājōpari sthitā | prāptā sahasranayanā yathā śakrastathaiva sā || 21 ||
Translation
Likewise, Aindrī, holding a thunderbolt, situated on a kingly elephant, arrived, thousand-eyed like Indra.
Word by word
- vajrahastā
- holding a thunderbolt
- tathaiva
- likewise
- aindrī
- Aindrī
- gajarājopari
- on a kingly elephant
- sthitā
- situated
- prāptā
- arrived
- sahasranayanā
- thousand-eyed
- yathā
- as
- śakraḥ
- Indra
- sā
- she
Meaning
Aindrī, Indra’s Shakti, arrives on an elephant, wielding a thunderbolt and with thousand eyes, mirroring Indra’s divine attributes.