Bhagavata Condensed in the Poetʼs Own Words /145

Seeing that insult of the gods and pre-
tended Dharma of Visvarupa, Indra, the
king of the gods, afraid (of Visvarupa's
attachment to the demons) quickly cut off
his heads in anger. GOVERNMENT OF
 
CULTURE
 
SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 
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Seeing that insult of the gods and pre-
fended Dharma of Visvarupa, Indra, the
king of the gods, afraid (of Visvarupa's
attachment to the demons) quickly cut off
his heads in anger.
 
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AYA
 

 
हतपुत्रस्ततस्त्वष्टा जुहावेन्द्राय शत्रवे ।

अथान्वाहार्यपचनादुत्थितो घोरदर्शनः ।

स वै वृत्र इति प्रोक्तः पापः परमदारुणः ॥
 

Then, Tvashta whose son (Visvarupa)

had been killed, made offerings in fire to

create an enemy of Indra. And then,
there arose out of the fire at the southern

there arose out of the fire at the southern
end, a terrible being; that very frightful

evil spirit was called Vritra.
 

 
तं निजघ्नुरभिद्ररुत्य सवणा विबुधर्षभाः ।
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स्वैस्स्वैर्दिव्यास्त्रशस्त्रौ घैस्सोऽग्रसत्तानि कृत्स्नशः ॥
 

The great gods attacked Vritra with

their followers and struck him with their

respective divine missiles and weapons.

And Vritra swallowed them completely.
 

 
ततस्त आदिपुरुषमुपतस्थुस्समाहिताः ॥
 

Then the gods praised the Prime Being

with concentrated minds.
 
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