Seeing the child, Shakra became suddenly filled with jealousy and anger and determined to kill him with his thunder. The child, however, paralysed the arm, appearing like a mace of iron, of Indra with the thunderbolt in it.
असूयतश्च शक्रस्य वज्रेण प्रहरिष्यतः। स वज्रं स्तम्भयामासं तं बाहुं परिघोपमम्॥