198 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 11

debt (to my brother): adya—today: aham—I; asat-tama—O most
abominable one; tvaya—through you; mat-sila—by my trident;
nirbhinna—being pierced; drsat—like stone; hrdai—whose heart:
acirat—very soon.

TRANSLATION

Sri Vrtrasura said: He who has killed a brahmana, he who has
killed his spiritual master—indeed, he who has killed my
brother—is now, by good fortune, standing before me face to face
as my enemy. O most abominable one, when I pierce your
stonelike heart with my trident, I shall be freed from my debt to
my brother.

TEXT 15
TT asm Fara-

dara a ata |
ferry aga frigzaq
GaRATHST: | TATA: 124

yo no 'grajasyatma-vido dvijater
guror apdapasya ca diksitasya

visrabhya khadgena siramsy avrscat
pasor ivakarunah svarga-kamah

yah—he who: nah—our; agra-jasya—of the elder brother; dtma-
vidah—who was fully self-realized; dvi-jateh—a qualified brahmana;
guroh—your spiritual master; apapasya—free from all sinful activities;
ca—also; diksitasya—appointed as the initiator of your yajria;
visrabhya—trustfully: khadgena—by your sword; sirdrisi—the heads;
avrscat—cut off; pasoh—of an animal; iva—like: akarunah—merci-
less: svarga-kadmah—desiring the heavenly planets.

TRANSLATION

Only for the sake of living in the heavenly planets, you killed
my elder brother—a self-realized, sinless, qualified brahmana who
