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visiryamadnadm—being shattered; prtanam—the army; Gsurim—of
the demons; asura-rsabhah—the best of the asuras, Vrtrasura; kdla-
anukilaih—following the circumstances presented by time; tri-
dasaih—by the demigods; kalyamaénadm—being chased; andtha-vat—as
if no one were there to protect them; drstvd—seeing: atapyata—felt
pain; sarkruddhah—being very angry: indra-satruh—Vrtrasura, the
enemy of Indra; amarsitah—unable to tolerate; tan—them (the
demigods) ; nivarya—blocking; ojasa—with great force; rajan—O King
Pariksit; nirbhartsya—rebuking; idam—this; uvdca—said; ha—in-

deed.

TRANSLATION

O King Pariksit, the demigods, taking advantage of a favorable
opportunity presented by time, attacked the army of the demons
from the rear and began driving away the demoniac soldiers, scat-
tering them here and there as if their army had no leader. Seeing
the pitiable condition of his soldiers, Vrtrasura, the best of the
asuras, who was called IndraSatru, the enemy of Indra, was very
much aggrieved. Unable to tolerate such reverses, he stopped and
forcefully rebuked the demigods, speaking the following words in
an angry mood.

TEXT 4

f— a saftaatautata: gpa ea: |
Ae Mats: BID Aart: AAT eI

kim va uccaritair matur
dhavadbhih prsthato hataih
na hi bhita-vadhah slaghyo

na svargyah siira-maninam

kim—what is the benefit; vah—for you; uccaritaih—with those like
the stool; matuh—of the mother: dhdvadbhih—running away:
prsthatah—from the back; hataih—killed; na—not: hi—certainly;
bhita-vadhah—the killing of a person who is afraid; slaghyah—
