240 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 12

sah—he (King Indra); tuw—however; vrtrasya—of Vrtrasura;
parigham—the iron club; karam—his hand; ca—and; karabha-
upamam—as strong as the trunk of an elephant; ciccheda—cut to
pieces; yugapat—simultaneously; devah—Lord Indra; vajrena—with
the thunderbolt; sata-parvand—having one hundred joints.

TRANSLATION

With his thunderbolt named Sataparvan, Indra simultaneously
cut to pieces Vrtrasura’s club and his remaining hand.

TEXT 26

CaS TTE Tat TAASAT: |
FST Te TTT: Garg AS THAN SA REI

dorbhyam utkrtta-milabhyam
babhau rakta-sravo ’surah

chinna-pakso yatha gotrah
khad bhrasto vajrina hatah

dorbhyam—from the two arms; utkrtta-milabhyam—cut from the
very root; babhau—was; rakta-sravah—profusely discharging blood;
asurah—Vrtrasura; chinna-paksah—whose wings are cut; yatha—just
as; gotrah—a mountain; khaét—from the sky; bhrastah—falling; va-
jrina —by Indra, the carrier of the thunderbolt; hatah—struck.

TRANSLATION

Vrtrasura, bleeding profusely, his two arms cut off at their
roots, looked very beautiful, like a flying mountain whose wings
have been cut to pieces by Indra.

PURPORT

It appears from the statement of this verse that sometimes there are
flying mountains and that their wings are cut by the thunderbolt of In-
dra. Vrtrasura’s huge body resembled such a mountain.
