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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 12]
uccakarta śiraḥ śatror giri-śrīngam ivaujasā
bhittvā —piercing;  vajreṇa —by the thunderbolt;  tat-kukṣim —the abdomen of Vṛtrāsura;  niṣkramya —getting out;  bala-bhit —the slayer of the demon Bala;  vibhuḥ —the powerful Lord Indra;  uccakarta —cut off;  śiraḥ —the head;  śatroḥ —of the enemy;  giri-śrīngam —the peak of a mountain;  iva —like;  ojasā —with great force.
TRANSLATION
With his thunderbolt, King Indra, who was also extremely powerful, pierced through Vṛtrāsura's abdomen and came out. Indra, the killer of the demon Bala, then immediately cut off Vṛtrāsura's head, which was as high as the peak of a mountain.
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वज्रस्तु तत्कन्धरमाशुवेगः क्रन्तन् समन्तात् परिवर्तमानः । न्यपातयत् तावदहर्गणेन यो ज्योतिषामयने वार्त्रहत्ये ॥३३॥
vajras tu tat-kandharam āśu-vegaḥ kṛntan samantāt parivartamānaḥ nyapātayat tāvad ahar-gaṇena yo jyotiṣām ayane vārtra-hatye
vajraḥ —the thunderbolt;  tu —but;  tat-kandharam —his neck;  āśu-vegaḥ —although very fast;  kṛntan —cutting;  samantāt —all around;  parivartamānaḥ —revolving;  nyapātayat —caused to fall;  tāvat —so many;  ahaḥ-gaṇena —by days;  yaḥ —which;  jyotiṣām —of the luminaries like the sun and moon;  ayane —in moving to both sides of the equator;  vārtra-hatye —at the time suitable for killing Vṛtrāsura.
TRANSLATION
Although the thunderbolt revolved around Vṛtrāsura's neck with great speed, separating his head from his body took one com-