Text 32] Vrtrasura’s Glorious Death 243

TRANSLATION

When the demigods, along with Brahma, other prajapatis and
other great saintly persons, saw that Indra had been swallowed by
the demon, they became very morose. “Alas,” they lamented.
‘*What a calamity! What a calamity!”

TEXT 31

frat aA AAT Ta |
WATSTA DIC DICT Ma MESS]

nigirno "py asurendrena
na mamadrodaram gatah

mahapurusa-sannaddho
yogamaya-balena ca

nigirnah—swallowed; api—although; asura-indrena—by the best of
the demons, Vrtrasura; na—not; mamdara—died; udaram—the abdo-
men; gatah—reaching; maha-purusa—by the armor of the Supreme
Lord, Narayana; sannaddhah—being protected; yoga-maya-balena—
by the mystic power that Indra himself possessed; ca—also.

TRANSLATION

The protective armor of Narayana, which Indra possessed, was
identical with Narayana Himself, the Supreme Personality of God-
head. Protected by that armor and by his own mystic power, King

Indra, although swallowed by Vrtrasura, did not die within the
demon’s belly.

TEXT 32

fire sit aaa Freaea zat faa: |
seed fae aaifitfeartiatrer 11221

bhittva vajrena tat-kuksim
niskramya bala-bhid vibhuh
