Text 5] Vrtrasura’s Glorious Death 219

hanau tatadendram athamarebham
vajram ca hastan nyapatan maghonah

chinna—cut off; eka—one; baéhuh—whose arm; parighena—with a
mace of iron; vrtrah—Vrtrasura; samrabdhah—being very angry;
Gsddya—reaching; grhita—taking up; vajram—the thunderbolt;
hanau—on the jaw; tatada—struck; indram—Lord Indra; atha—also;
amara-ibham—his elephant; vajram—the thunderbolt; ca—and;
hastat—from the hand; nyapatat—fell; maghonah—of King Indra.

TRANSLATION

Although one of his arms was severed from his body, Vrtrasura
angrily approached King Indra and struck him on the jaw with an
iron mace. He also struck the elephant that carried Indra. Thus In-
dra dropped the thunderbolt from his hand.

TEXT 5

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urtrasya karmati-mahdadbhutam tat
surdsuras cérana-siddha-sanghah

apitjayams tat puruhiita-sarikatam
niriksya ha heti vicukrusur bhrsam

urtrasya—of Vrtrasura; karma—the accomplishment; ati—very:
maha—greatly; | adbhutam—wonderful; tat—that; sura—the
demigods; asuraéh—and the demons; ca@rana—the Caranas; siddha-
sarighah—and the society of Siddhas; apiijayan—glorified; tat—that:
puruhiita-sarckatam—the dangerous position of Indra; _niriksya—
seeing; ha ha—alas, alas; iti—thus; vicukrusuh—lamented; bhrsam—
very much.
