### SB 6.11.11

> ऐरावतो वृत्रगदाभिमृष्टो विघूर्णितोऽद्रिः कुलिशाहतो यथा\
> अपासरद्भिन्नमुखः सहेन्द्रो मुञ्चन्नसृक्सप्तधनुर्भृशार्तः ॥११॥

> airāvato vṛtra-gadābhimṛṣṭo\
> vighūrṇito 'driḥ kuliśāhato yathā\
> apāsarad bhinna-mukhaḥ sahendro\
> muñcann asṛk sapta-dhanur bhṛśārtaḥ

*airāvataḥ*—Airāvata, the elephant of King Indra; *vṛtra-gadā-abhimṛṣṭaḥ*—struck by the club in Vṛtrāsura's hand; *vighūrṇitaḥ*—shaken; *adriḥ*—a mountain; *kuliśa*—by a thunderbolt; *āhataḥ*—struck; *yathā*—just like; *apāsarat*—was pushed back; *bhinna-mukhaḥ*—having a broken mouth; *saha-indraḥ*—with King Indra; *muñcan*—spitting; *asṛk*—blood; *sapta-dhanuḥ*—a distance measured by seven bows (approximately fourteen yards); *bhṛśa*—very severely; *ārtaḥ*—aggrieved.

**Struck with the club by Vṛtrāsura like a mountain struck by a thunderbolt, the elephant Airāvata, feeling great pain and spitting blood from its broken mouth, was pushed back fourteen yards. In great distress, the elephant fell, with Indra on its back.**