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
in i A AANIGE TA: |
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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
Fre asi Tans Pras TeRAg Fry: |
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bhittva vajrena tat-kuksim
niskramya bala-bhid vibhuh
