Text 13] King Indra Annihilates the Demons 73

TRANSLATION

Since Maharaja Bali’s rebukes were truthful, King Indra did not
at all become sorry, just as an elephant beated by its driver’s rod
does not become agitated.

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Te Fox aM wad qwaAea: |
TI AIST Wt HATA TAT: 122

praharat kulisarh tasma
amogham para-mardanah

saydno nyapatad bhimau
chinna-paksa ivacalah

praharat—inflicted; kulisam—thunderbolt scepter; tasmai—unto
him (Bali Maharaja); amogham—infallibie; para-mardanah—Indra,
who is expert in defeating the enemy; sa-yaénah—with his airplane;
nyapatat—fell down; bhimau—on the ground; chinna-paksah —whose
wings have been taken away; iva—like; acalah—a mountain.

TRANSLATION

When Indra, the defeater of enemies, released his infallible
thunderbolt scepter at Bali Maharaja with a desire to kill him, Bali
Maharaja indeed fell to the ground with his airplane, like a moun-
tain with its wings cut off.

PURPORT

In many descriptions in Vedic literature it is found that mountains also
fly in the sky with wings. When such mountains are dead, they fall to the
ground, where they stay as very large dead bodies.

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ward ad TE AeA afore: Fed |
eT Aes TSTATT TAATT 112311
