242 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 12

wa—as if; jagat-trayam—the three worlds; ati-matra—very high;
maha-kayah—whose great body; aksipan—shaking; tarasé—with great
force; girin—the mountains; giri-rat—the Himalaya Mountains; pdda-
cari—moving on foot; iva—as if; padbhyam—by his feet; nirjarayan—
crushing; mahim—the surface of the world; jagrasa—swallowed; sah—
he; samésadya—reaching; vajrinam—lIndra, who carries the thunder-
bolt; saha-vahanam—with his carrier, the elephant.

TRANSLATION

Vrtrasura was very powerful in physical strength and influence.
He placed his lower jaw on the ground and his upper jaw in the
sky. His mouth became very deep, like the sky itself, and his
tongue resembled a large serpent. With his fearful, deathlike
teeth, he seemed to be trying to devour the entire universe. Thus
assuming a gigantic body, the great demon Vrtrasura shook even
the mountains and began crushing the surface of the earth with
his legs, as if he were the Himalayas walking about. He came
before Indra and swallowed him and Airavata, his carrier, just as a
big python might swallow an elephant.

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vrtra-grastam tam alokya
saprajapatayah surah

ha kastam iti nirvinnas
cukrusuh samaharsayah

vrtra-grastam—swallowed by Vrtrasura; tam—him (Indra);
alokya—seeing; sa-prajapatayah—with Lord Brahma and other pra-
japatis; surah—all the demigods; ha—alas; kastam—what a tribulation;
iti—thus; nirvinndh—being very morose; cukrusuh—lamented; sa-
maha-rsayah—with the great sages.
