Text 17] The Transcendental Qualities of Vṛtrāsura
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had been appointed your chief priest. He was your spiritual master, but although you entrusted him with the performance of your sacrifice, you later mercilessly severed his heads from his body the way one butchers an animal.
TEXT 16
श्रीहोदयाकीर्तिभिरुज्जितं त्वां स्वकर्मणा पुरुषादैश्च गर्ह्यम् । कृच्छ्रेण मच्छ्रलविभिन्नदेह- मस्पृष्टवह्निं समदन्ति गृध्राः ॥१६॥
śrī-hrī-dayā-kīrtibhir ujjhitam tvām sva-karmaṇā puruṣādaiś ca garhyam kṛcchreṇa mac-chūla-vibhinna-deham aspṛṣṭa-vahnim samadanti gṛdhrāḥ
śrī—opulence or beauty; hrī—shame; dayā—mercy; kīrtibhiḥ—and glory; ujjhitam—bereft of; tvām—you; sva-karmaṇā—by your own activities; puruṣa-adaiḥ—by the Rākṣasas (man-eaters); ca—and; garhyam—condemnable; kṛcchreṇa—with great difficulty; mat-śūla—by my trident; vibhinna—pierced; deham—your body; aspṛṣṭa-vahnim—not even touched by fire; samadanti—will eat; gṛdhrāḥ—the vultures.
TRANSLATION
Indra, you are bereft of all shame, mercy, glory and good fortune. Deprived of these good qualities by the reactions of your fruitive activities, you are to be condemned even by the man-eaters [Rākṣasas]. Now I shall pierce your body with my trident, and after you die with great pain, even fire will not touch you; only the vultures will eat your body.
TEXT 17
अन्येऽनु ये त्वेह नृशंसमज्ञा यदुद्यतास्त्वाः प्रहरन्ति मह्यम् ।