Text 20] King Indra Annihilates the Demons
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sehe —tolerated;  rujam —the pain;  su-durmarṣām —intolerable;  sattvam —patience;  ālambya —taking shelter of;  mātaliḥ —the charioteer Mātali;  indraḥ —King Indra;  jambhasya —of the great demon Jambha;  saṅkruddhaḥ —being very angry at him;  vajreṇa —with his thunderbolt;  apāharat —separated;  śiraḥ —the head.
TRANSLATION
Although the pain was extremely severe, Mātali tolerated it with great patience. Indra, however, became extremely angry at Jambhāsura. He struck Jambhāsura with his thunderbolt and thus severed his head from his body.
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जम्भं श्रुत्वा हतं तस्य ज्ञातयो नारदादृषेः । नमुचिश्च बलः पाकस्तत्रापेतुस्त्वरान्विताः ॥१९॥
jambham śrutvā hatam tasya jñātayo nāradād rṣeḥ namuciś ca balaḥ pākas tatrāpetus tvarānvitāḥ
jambham —Jambhāsura;  śrutvā —after hearing;  hatam —had been killed;  tasya —his;  jñātayaḥ —friends and relatives;  nāradāt —from the source Nārada;  rṣeḥ —from the great saint;  namuciḥ —the demon Namuci;  ca —also;  balaḥ —the demon Bala;  pākaḥ —the demon Pāka;  tatra —there;  āpetuḥ —immediately arrived;  tvarā-anvitāḥ —with great haste.
TRANSLATION
When Nārada Rṣi informed Jambhāsura's friends and relatives that Jambhāsura had been killed, the three demons named Namuci, Bala and Pāka arrived on the battlefield in great haste.
TEXT 20
वचोभिः परुषैरिन्द्रमर्दयन्तोऽस्य मर्ममु । शरैरवाकिरन् मेघा धाराभिरिव पर्वतम् ॥२०॥