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
xa ~ AS
HAA AT TW TAM TYAAAHM! |
HASH AeTA TEA STN AIT HAT: CII
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.”
