Text 27] Battle Between the Demigods and Vrtrasura 181

giri—of mountains; sriga—with the peaks; druma—with trees:
upalaih—and with stones; abhyavarsan—showered; sura-balam—the
soldiers of the demigods; cicchiduh—broke to pieces; tan—them: ca—
and; ptrva-vat—as before.

TRANSLATION

As their weapons and mantras decreased, the demons began
showering mountain peaks, trees and stones upon the demigod
soldiers, but the demigods were so powerful and expert that they
nullified all these weapons by breaking them to pieces in the sky as
before.

TEXT 27

aaa aaa fare
pie ot arava: |
gacufsfifrntere
tagaeTahera faa (201

tan aksatan svastimato nisamya
Sastrastra-pigair atha vrtra-nathah
drumair drsadbhir vividhadri-srigair

aviksatams tatrasur indra-sainikan

tan—them (the soldiers of the demigods); aksatan—not injured:
svasti-matah—being very healthy; nisdmya—seeing; Sastra-astra-
ptigaih—by the bunches of weapons and mantras; atha—thereupon:
urtra-nathah—the soldiers led by Vrtrasura; drumaih—by the trees:
drsadbhih—by the stones; vividha—various; adri—of mountains;
Smgaih—by the peaks; aviksatan—not injured; tatrasuh—became
afraid; indra-sainikan—the soldiers of King Indra.

TRANSLATION

When the soldiers of the demons, commanded by Vrtrasura, saw
that the soldiers of King Indra were quite well, having not been in-
jured at all by their volleys of weapons, not even by the trees,
stones and mountain peaks, the demons were very much afraid.
