Text 19] The Appearance of the Demon Vrtrasura 111
yenavrta ime lokds
tapasa tvdstra-mirtina
sa vai vrtra iti proktah
papah parama-darunah
yena—by whom; durtah—covered; ime—all these; lokah—planets;
tapasd—by the austerity; tvdstra-mirtina—in the form of the son of
Tvasta; sah—he; vai—indeed; vrtrah—Vrtra; iti—thus; proktah—
called; pépah—personified sin; parama-daérunah—very fearful.
TRANSLATION
That very fearful demon, who was actually the son of Tvasta,
covered all the planetary systems by dint of austerity. Therefore he
was named Vrtra, or one who covers everything.
PURPORT
In the Vedas it is said, sa imal lokan avrnot tad vrtrasya vrtratvam:
because the demon covered all the planetary systems, his name was
Vrtrasura.
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tam nijaghnur abhidrutya
sagand vibudharsabhah
svaih svair divydstra-sastraughaih
so ‘grasat tani krtsnasah
tam—him; nijaghnuh—struck; abhidrutya—running to; sa-ganah—
with soldiers; vibudha-rsabhah—all the great demigods; svaih svaih—
with their own respective; divya—transcendental; astra—bows and ar-
rows; Sastra-oghaih—different weapons; sah—he (Vrtra); agrasat—
swallowed; tani—them (the weapons); krtsnasah—all together.
TRANSLATION
The demigods, headed by Indra, charged the demon with their
soldiers, striking him with their own transcendental bows and
