Text 5]
Vṛtrāsura's Glorious Death
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hanau tatāḍendram athāmarebham vajraṁ ca hastān nyapatan maghonaḥ
chinna—cut off; eka—one; bāhuḥ—whose arm; parigheṇa—with a mace of iron; vṛtraḥ—Vṛtrāsura; saṁrabdhaḥ—being very angry; āsādya—reaching; gṛhīta—taking up; vajram—the thunderbolt; hanau—on the jaw; tatāḍa—struck; indram—Lord Indra; atha—also; amara-ibham—his elephant; vajram—the thunderbolt; ca—and; hastāt—from the hand; nyapatat—fell; maghonaḥ—of King Indra.
TRANSLATION
Although one of his arms was severed from his body, Vṛtrāsura angrily approached King Indra and struck him on the jaw with an iron mace. He also struck the elephant that carried Indra. Thus Indra dropped the thunderbolt from his hand.
TEXT 5
वृत्रस्य कर्मातिमहाद्धृतं तत्
सुरासुराश्चारणसिद्धसङ्घाः ।
अपूजयंस्तत् पुरुहूतसंकटं
निरीक्ष्य हा हेति विचुकुशुर्भृशम् ॥ ५ ॥
vṛtrasya karmāti-mahādbhutaṁ tat surāsurāś cāraṇa-siddha-saṅghāḥ apūjayaṁs tat puruhūta-saṅkaṭaṁ nirīkṣya hā heti vicukruśur bhṛśam
vṛtrasya—of Vṛtrāsura; karma—the accomplishment; ati—very; mahā—greatly; adbhutam—wonderful; tat—that; sura—the demigods; asurāḥ—and the demons; cāraṇa—the Cāraṇas; siddha-saṅghāḥ—and the society of Siddhas; apūjayan—glorified; tat—that; puruhūta-saṅkaṭam—the dangerous position of Indra; nirīkṣya—seeing; hā hā—alas, alas; iti—thus; vicukruśuḥ—lamented; bhṛśam—very much.