Text 17] The Transcendental Qualities of Vrtrasura 199

had been appointed your chief priest. He was your spiritual
master, but although you entrusted him with the performance of
your sacrifice, you later mercilessly severed his heads from his
body the way one butchers an animal.

TEXT 16
Hrcratihretad ai
HHT FONT TAY |
Fen = aepafehrate-
weeafe angie Dat: 241

sri-hri-daya-kirtibhir ujjhitam tvam
sva-karmand purusddais ca garhyam

krechrena mac-chila-vibhinna-deham
asprsta-vahnim samadanti grdhrah

Sri—opulence or beauty; hri—shame; daya—mercy; kirtibhih—and
glory; ujhitam—bereft of; tuam—you; sva-karmand—by your own ac-
tivities; purusa-adaih—by the Raksasas (man-eaters); ca—and:
garhyam—condemnable; krechrena—with great difficulty; mat-siila—
by my trident; vibhinna—pierced; deham—your body; asprsta-
vahnim—not even touched by fire; samadanti—will eat; grdhrah—the
vultures.

TRANSLATION

Indra, you are bereft of all shame, mercy, glory and good for-
tune. Deprived of these good qualities by the reactions of your
fruitive activities, you are to be condemned even by the man-eaters
[Raksasas]. Now I shall pierce your body with my trident, and after
you die with great pain, even fire will not touch you; only the
vultures will eat your body.

TEXT 17

aasg Y ae TAA
Agadral: Tetted FAA |
