Text 12] The Transcendental Qualities of Vrtrasura 195

TRANSLATION

O King Pariksit, the powerful Vrtrasura, the enemy of King In-
dra, angrily struck the head of Indra’s elephant with that club,
making a tumultuous sound on the battlefield. For this heroic
deed, the soldiers on both sides glorified him.

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airdvato vrtra-gadabhimrsto
vighirnito ‘drih kuliséhato yatha
apasarad bhinna-mukhah sahendro
muricann asrk sapta-dhanur bhrsartah

airavatah—Airavata, the elephant of King Indra; vrtra-gada-
abhimrstah—struck by the club in Vrtrasura’s hand; vighirnitah—
shaken; adrih—a mountain; kulisa—by a thunderbolt; @hatah —struck;
yathaé—just like; apdsarat—was pushed back; bhinna-mukhah—hav-
ing a broken mouth; saha-indrah—with King Indra; musican—spitting;
asrk—blood; sapta-dhanuh—a distance measured by seven bows (ap-
proximately fourteen yards); bhrsa—very severely; adrtah—aggrieved.

TRANSLATION

Struck with the club by Vrtrasura like a mountain struck by a
thunderbolt, the elephant Airavata, feeling great pain and spitting
blood from its broken mouth, was pushed back fourteen yards. In
great distress, the elephant fell, with Indra on its back.

TEXT 12

A aaa | ATOTAa
AAS YA: A Mat AeA |
