Text 14] The Transcendental Qualities of Vrtrasura 197

sah—he (Vrtrasura); tam—him (the King of heaven, Indra); nrpa-
indra—O King Pariksit; a@hava-kamyayad—with a desire to fight;
ripum—his enemy; vajra-dyudham—whose weapon was the thunder-
bolt (made from the bones of Dadhici); bhratr-hanam—who was the
killer of his brother; vilokya—seeing; smaran—remembering; ca—
and; tat-karma—his activities; nr-Sarnsam—cruel; arnhah—a great sin;
Sokena—with lamentation; mohena—by bewilderment; hasan—laugh-

ing; jagdda —said.

TRANSLATION

O King, when the great hero Vrtrasura saw Indra, his enemy,
the killer of his brother, standing before him with a thunderbolt
in his hand, desiring to fight, Vrtrasura remembered how Indra
had cruelly killed his brother. Thinking of Indra’s sinful ac-
tivities, he became mad with lamentation and forgetfulness.
Laughing sarcastically, he spoke as follows.

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Sri-urtra uvadca
distya bhavan me samavasthito ripur
yo brahma-ha guru-ha bhratr-ha ca
distyanrno ‘dyaham asattama tvaya
mac-chila-nirbhinna-drsad-dhrdacirat

$ri-urtrah uvaéca—the great hero Vrtrasura said; distya—by good for-
tune; bhavan—Your Lordship; me—of me; samavasthitah—situated
(in front); ripuh—my enemy; yah—who; brahma-haé—the killer of a
brahmana; guru-ha—the killer of your guru; bhratr-ha—the killer of
my brother; ca—also; distya—by good fortune; anrnah—free from
