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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 10]
Among them were the following demons: Namuci, Śambara, Bāṇa, Vipracitti, Ayomukha, Dvimūrdhā, Kālanābha, Praheti, Heti, Ilvala, Śakuni, Bhūtasantāpa, Vajradamṣṭra, Virocana, Hayagrīva, Śaṅkuśirā, Kapila, Meghadundubhi, Tāraka, Cakradrk, Śumbha, Niśumbha, Jambha, Utkala, Ariṣṭa, Ariṣṭanemi, Tripurādhipa, Maya, the sons of Puloma, the Kāleyas and Nivātakavaca. All of these demons had been deprived of their share of the nectar and had shared merely in the labor of churning the ocean. Now, they fought against the demigods, and to encourage their armies, they made a tumultuous sound like the roaring of lions and blew loudly on conchshells. Balahhit, Lord Indra, upon seeing this situation of his ferocious rivals, became extremely angry.
TEXT 25
ऐरावतं दिक्करिणमारूढः शुशुभे स्वराट् । यथा स्रवत्प्रस्रवणमुदयाद्रिमहर्षतिः ॥२५॥
airāvatam dik-kariṇam ārūḍhaḥ śuśubhe sva-rāṭ yathā sravat-prasravaṇam udayādrim ahar-patiḥ
airāvatam—Airāvata; dik-kariṇam—the great elephant who could go everywhere; ārūḍhaḥ—mounted on; śuśubhe—became very beautiful to see; sva-rāṭ—Indra; yathā—just as; sravat—flowing; prasravaṇam—waves of wine; udaya-adrim—on Udayagiri; ahaḥ-patiḥ—the sun.
TRANSLATION
Sitting on Airāvata, an elephant who can go anywhere and who holds water and wine in reserve for showering, Lord Indra looked just like the sun rising from Udayagiri, where there are reservoirs of water.
PURPORT
On the top of the mountain called Udayagiri are large lakes from which water continuously pours in waterfalls. Similarly, Indra's carrier,