Text 29]
Vṛtrāsura's Glorious Death
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TEXTS 27-29
महाप्राणो महावीर्यो महासर्प इव द्विपम् । 
  कृत्वाधरां हनुं भूमौ दैत्यो दिव्युचरां हनुम् । 
  नभोगम्भीरवक्त्रेण लेलिहोल्बणजिह्वया ॥२७॥ 
  दंष्ट्राभिः कालकृत्पाभिर्यसच्चिव जगत्त्रयम् । 
  अतिमात्रमहाकाय आक्षिपंस्तरसा गिरीन् ॥२८॥ 
  गिरिराट् पादचारीव पद्भ्यां निर्जरयन् महीम् । 
  जग्रास स समासाद्य वज्रिणं सहवाहनम् ॥२९॥
mahā-prāṇa mahā-vīrya 
  mahā-sarpa iva dvipam 
  kṛtvādharām hanum bhūmau 
  daitya divy uttarām hanum 
  nabha-gambhīra-vaktreṇa 
  leliholbaṇa-jihvayā
daṁṣtrābhiḥ kāla-kalpābhir 
  grasann iva jagat-trayam 
  atimātra-mahā-kāya 
  ākṣipaṁs tarasā girīn
giri-rāṭ pāda-cārīva 
  padbhyām nirjarayan mahīm 
  jagrāsa sa samāsādya 
  vajriṇam saha-vāhanam
mahā-prāṇaḥ—very great in bodily strength; mahā-vīryaḥ—showing uncommon prowess; mahā-sarpaḥ—the biggest snake; iva—like: dvipam—an elephant; kṛtvā—placing; adharām—the lower; hanum—jaw; bhūmau—on the ground; daityaḥ—the demon; divi—in the sky; uttarām hanum—the upper jaw; nabhaḥ—like the sky; gambhīra—deep; vaktreṇa—with his mouth; leliha—like a snake; ulbaṇa—fearful; jihvayā—with a tongue; daṁṣtrābhiḥ—with teeth; kāla-kalpābhiḥ—exactly like the time factor, or death; grasan—devouring;