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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 11]
TEXT 39
तां दैवीं गिरमाकर्ण्यं मधवान्सुसमाहितः । 
  ध्यायन् फेनमथापश्यदुपायमुभयात्मकम् ॥३९॥
tām daivīm giram ākarṇya 
  maghavān susamāhitaḥ 
  dhyāyan phenam athāpaśyad 
  upāyam ubhayātmakam
tām—that; daivīm—ominous; giram—voice; ākarṇya—after hearing; maghavān—Lord Indra; su-samāhitaḥ—becoming very careful; dhyāyan—meditating; phenam—appearance of foam; atha—thereafter; apaśyat—he saw; upāyam—the means; ubhaya-ātmakam—simultaneously dry and moist.
TRANSLATION
After hearing the ominous voice, Indra, with great attention, began to meditate on how to kill the demon. He then saw that foam would be the means, for it is neither moist nor dry.
TEXT 40
न शुष्केण न चार्द्रेण जहार नमुचेः शिरः । 
  तं तुष्टुवुमुनिगणा माल्यैश्वावाकिरन्विभुम् ॥४०॥
na śuṣkeṇa na cārdreṇa 
  jahāra namuceḥ śiraḥ 
  tam tuṣtuvur muni-gaṇā 
  mālyaiś cāvākiran vibhum
na—neither; śuṣkeṇa—by dry means; na—nor; ca—also; ārdreṇa—by a moist weapon; jahāra—he separated; namuceḥ—of Namuci; śiraḥ—the head; tam—him (Indra); tuṣtuvuḥ—satisfied; muni-gaṇāḥ—all the sages; mālyaiḥ—with flower garlands; ca—also; avākiran—covered; vibhum—that great personality.