88 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 11

killed; anye—others; ca—also; api—indeed; bala-upetah—very
powerful persons; sarva—all kinds; astraih—by weapons; aksata—
without being injured; tvacah—their skin.

TRANSLATION

Vrtrasura was the essence of the austerities undergone by
Tvasta, yet the thunderbolt killed him. Indeed, not only he but
also many other stalwart heroes, whose very skin could not be in-
jured even by all kinds of weapons, were killed by the same thun-

derbolt.
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so *yam pratihato vajro
maya mukto ’sure ‘lpake
naham tad ddade dandam

brahma-tejo ‘py akaranam

sah ayam—therefore, this thunderbolt; pratihatah—repelled;
vajrah—thunderbolt; maya—by me; muktah—released; asure—unto
that demon; alpake—less important; na—not; aham—I; tat—that;
ddade—hold; dandam—it is now just like a rod; brahma-tejah—as
powerful as a brahmastra; api—although; akdranam—now it is useless.

TRANSLATION

But now, although the same thunderbolt has been released
against a less important demon, it has been ineffectual. Therefore,
although it was as good as a brahmastra, it has now become useless
like an ordinary rod. I shall therefore hold it no longer.

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