पौरुषेण प्रयत्नेन त्रैलोक्यैश्वर्यसुन्दराम् । कश्चित्प्राणिविशेषो हि शक्रतां समुपागतः ॥ १३ ॥
pauruṣēṇa prayatnēna trailōkyaiśvaryasundarām | kaścitprāṇiviśēṣō hi śakratāṁ samupāgataḥ || 13 ||
Translation
By effort, by striving, a certain being came to be Indra, lovely with the lordship of the three worlds.
Word by word
- pauruṣēṇa
- by effort
- prayatnēna
- by striving
- trailōkya
- of the three worlds
- aiśvarya
- with the lordship
- sundarām
- lovely
- kaścit
- a certain
- prāṇi
- being
- viśēṣō
- (viśeṣaḥ) one
- hi
- indeed
- śakratāṁ
- to be Indra
- samupāgataḥ
- came
Meaning
Examples from the highest places. Indra, king of the gods, was once "a certain being" (kaścit prāṇi-viśeṣa); he won his throne over the three worlds by effort. The commentary: some one creature reached the station of Indra by human effort. The point of the examples that follow is that no station, however exalted, is a birthright. Each was earned.