Text 32]
King Indra Annihilates the Demons
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TEXT 31
तदापतद् गगनतले महाजवं 
  विचिञ्छिदे हरिरिषुभिः सहस्रधा । 
  तमाहनन्नृप कुलिशेन कन्धरे 
  रुषान्वितस्त्रिदशपतिः शिरो हरन् ॥३१॥
tadāpatad gagana-tale mahā-javam 
  vicicchide harir iṣubhiḥ sahasradhā 
  tam āhanan nṛpa kuliśena kandhare 
  ruṣānvitas tridaśa-patiḥ śiro haran
tadā —at that time;  apatat —falling like a meteor;  gagana-tale —beneath the sky or on the ground;  mahā-javam —extremely powerful;  vicicchide —cut to pieces;  hariḥ —Indra;  iṣubhiḥ —by his arrows;  sahasradhā —into thousands of pieces;  tam —that Namuci;  āhanat —struck;  nṛpa —O King;  kuliśena —with his thunderbolt;  kandhare —on the shoulder;  ruṣā-anvitaḥ —being very angry;  tridaśa-patiḥ —Indra, the King of the demigods;  śiraḥ —the head;  haran —to separate.
TRANSLATION
O King, when Indra, King of heaven, saw this very powerful spear falling toward the ground like a blazing meteor, he immediately cut it to pieces with his arrows. Then, being very angry, he struck Namuci's shoulder with his thunderbolt to cut off Namuci's head.
TEXT 32
न तस्य हि त्वचमपि वज्र ऊर्जितो 
  विभेद यः सुरपतिनौजसेरितः । 
  तदङ्गुतं परमतिवीर्यवृत्रभित् 
  तिरस्कृतो नमुचिशिरोधरत्वचा ॥३२॥
na tasya hi tvacam api vajra ūrjito 
  bibheda yaḥ sura-patinaujaseritaḥ