Text 12] The Transcendental Qualities of Vṛtrāsura
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TRANSLATION
O King Parikṣit, the powerful Vṛtrāsura, the enemy of King Indra, angrily struck the head of Indra's elephant with that club, making a tumultuous sound on the battlefield. For this heroic deed, the soldiers on both sides glorified him.
TEXT 11
ऐरावतो वृत्रगदाभिमृष्टो विघूर्णितोऽद्रिः कुलिशाहतो यथा । अपासरद् भिन्नमुखः सहेन्द्रो मुञ्चन्नसृक् सप्तधनुर्भृशातः ॥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.
TRANSLATION
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.
TEXT 12
न सन्नवाहाय विषण्णचेतसे प्रायुङ्क्त भूयः स गदां महत्त्मा ।