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The Transcendental Qualities of Vṛtrāsura
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TEXT 8
ममर्दं पद्भ्यां सुरसैन्यमातुरं निमीलिताक्षं रणरङ्गदुर्मदः । गां कम्पयन्नुद्यतशूल ओजसा नालं वनं यूथपतिर्यथोन्मदः ॥ ८ ॥
mamarda padbhyām sura-sainyam āturam   nimilitākṣam raṇa-raṅga-durmadaḥ   gām kampayann udyata-śūla ojasā   nālam vanam yūtha-patir yathonmadaḥ
mamarda —trampled;  padbhyām —by his feet;  sura-sainyam —the army of the demigods;  āturam —who were very afraid;  nimilita-akṣam —closing their eyes;  raṇa-raṅga-durmadaḥ —arrogant on the battlefield;  gām —the surface of the globe;  kampayan —causing to tremble;  udyata-śūlaḥ —taking up his trident;  ojasā —with his strength;  nālam —of hollow bamboo sticks;  vanam —a forest;  yūtha-patiḥ —an elephant;  yathā —just as;  unmadaḥ —maddened.
TRANSLATION
As the demigods closed their eyes in fear, Vṛtrāsura, taking up his trident and making the earth tremble with his great strength, trampled the demigods beneath his feet on the battlefield the way a mad elephant tramples hollow bamboos in the forest.
TEXT 9
विलोक्य तं वज्रधरोऽत्यमर्षितः स्वशत्रवेऽभिद्रवते महागदाम् । चिक्षेप तामापततीं सुदुःसहां जग्राह वामेन करेण लीलया ॥ ९ ॥
vilokya tam vajra-dharo 'tyamarṣitaḥ   sva-śatrave 'bhidravate mahā-gadām