Text 35] King Indra Annihilates the Demons
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PURPORT
Indra's thunderbolt is invincible, and therefore when Indra saw that it had returned without doing any injury to Namuci, he was certainly very much afraid.
TEXT 34
येन मे पूर्वमद्रीणां पक्षच्छेदः प्रजात्यये । कृतो निविशतां भारैः पतत्त्रैः पततां भुवि ॥३४॥
yena me pūrvam adrīṇām pakṣa-cchedaḥ prajātyaye kṛto niviśatām bhāraiḥ patattraiḥ patatām bhuvi
yena —by the same thunderbolt;  me —by me;  pūrvam —formerly;  adrīṇām —of the mountains;  pakṣa-cchedaḥ —the cutting of the wings;  prajā-atyaye —when there was killing of the people in general;  kṛtaḥ —was done;  niviśatām —of those mountains which entered;  bhāraiḥ —by the great weight;  patattraiḥ —by wings;  patatām —falling;  bhuvi —on the ground.
TRANSLATION
Indra thought: Formerly, when many mountains flying in the sky with wings would fall to the ground and kill people, I cut their wings with this same thunderbolt.
TEXT 35
तपःसारमयं त्वाष्ट्रं वृत्रो येन विपाटितः । अन्ये चापि बलोपेताः सर्वास्त्रैरक्षतत्वचः ॥३५॥
tapaḥ-sāramayam tvāṣṭram vṛtro yena vipāṭitaḥ anye cāpi balopetāḥ sarvāstrair akṣata-tvacaḥ
tapaḥ —austerities;  sāra-mayam —greatly powerful;  tvāṣṭram —performed by Tvaṣṭā;  vṛtraḥ —Vṛtrāsura;  yena —by which;  vipāṭitaḥ —was