Text 38] King Indra Annihilates the Demons 89

iti Sakram visidantam
aha vag asaririni
nayam Ssuskair atho nardrair

vadham arhati danavah

wti—in this way; Ssakram—unto Indra; visidantam—lamenting;
dha—spoke; vak—a voice; asaririni—without any body, or from the
sky; na—not; ayam—this; suskaih—by anything dry; atho—also; na—
nor; ardraih—by anything moist; vadham—annihilation; arhati—is
befitting; dénavah—this demon (Namuci).

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami continued: While the morose Indra was
lamenting in this way, an ominous, unembodied voice said from
the sky, “This demon Namuci is not to be annihilated by anything
dry or moist.”

TEXT 38
HAA AT TW TAM TYAAAHM! |
TASeAeaHaTA STA AIT TT: Fil

mayasmai yad varo datto
mrtyur naivardra-suskayoh
ato "nyas cintaniyas te
updyo maghavan ripoh

maya—by me; asmai—unto him; yat—because; varah—a benedic-
tion; dattah—has been granted; mrtyuh—death; na—not; eva—in-
deed; drdra—by either a moist; suskayoh—or by a dry medium; atah—
therefore; anyah—something else, another; cintaniyah—has to be
thought of; te—by you; updyah—means; maghavan—O Indra; ripoh—

of your enemy.
TRANSLATION

The voice also said, ‘‘O Indra, because I have given this demon
the benediction that he will never be killed by any weapon that is
dry or moist, you have to think of another way to kill him.”
