Text 14] The Transcendental Qualities of Vṛtrāsura
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saḥ —he (Vṛtrāsura);  tam —him (the King of heaven, Indra);  nṛpa-  
 indra —O King Parīkṣit;  āhava-kāmyayā —with a desire to fight; 
 ripum —his enemy;  vajra-āyudham —whose weapon was the thunder- 
  bolt (made from the bones of Dadhici);  bhrātṛ-haṇam —who was the 
  killer of his brother;  vilokya —seeing;  smaran —remembering;  ca — 
  and;  tat-karma —his activities;  nṛ-śaṁsam —cruel;  aṁhaḥ —a great sin; 
 śokena —with lamentation;  mohena —by bewilderment;  hasan —laugh- 
  ing;  jagāda —said.
TRANSLATION
O King, when the great hero Vṛtrāsura saw Indra, his enemy, 
  the killer of his brother, standing before him with a thunderbolt 
  in his hand, desiring to fight, Vṛtrāsura remembered how Indra 
  had cruelly killed his brother. Thinking of Indra's sinful ac- 
  tivities, he became mad with lamentation and forgetfulness. 
  Laughing sarcastically, he spoke as follows.
TEXT 14
श्रीवृत्र उवाच
दिष्ट्या मवान् मे समवस्थितो रिपु-
यो ब्रह्महा गुरुहा भ्रातृहा च ।
दिष्ट्यानृणोऽद्याहमसत्तम त्वया
मञ्छूलनिर्मिन्नदृष्ट्वाचिरात्॥१४॥
śrī-vṛtra uvāca
diṣṭyā bhavān me samavasthito ripur
yo brahma-hā guru-hā bhrātṛ-hā ca
diṣṭyānṛṇo 'dyāham asattama tvayā
mac-chūla-nirbhinna-dṛṣad-dhṛdācirāt
śrī-vṛtraḥ uvāca—the great hero Vṛtrāsura said;  diṣṭyā —by good for- 
  tune;  bhavān —Your Lordship;  me —of me;  samavasthitaḥ —situated 
  (in front);  ripuḥ —my enemy;  yaḥ —who;  brahma-hā —the killer of a 
 brāhmaṇa ;  guru-hā —the killer of your  guru ;  bhrātṛ-hā —the killer of 
  my brother;  ca —also;  diṣṭyā —by good fortune;  anṛṇaḥ —free from