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THE STORY OF VRITRA ASURA
 
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अभूदाविर्हरिः प्राह 'प्रीतोऽहं विबुधर्षभाः ।
मघवन्यात भद्रं वो दध्यञ्चमृषिसत्तमम् ।
विद्याव्रततपस्सारं गात्रं याचत मा चिरम् ।
स वा अधिगतो दध्यङ धर्मज्ञोऽङ्गानि दास्यति ॥
ततस्तैरायुधश्रेष्ठो विश्वकर्मविनिर्मितः ।
येन वृत्रशिरो हर्ता मत्तेजउ पबृंहितः ॥'
 
Lord Hari manifested Himself and
told: "Great gods! I am pleased (with
your prayer). Indra, may welfare attend
you all; go to that eminent sage Dadhichi
and beg of him his body, strong with his
Mantra, austerities and penances; tarry
not. Sought by you, that sage who
knows the Dharma will give his limbs (to
you and then, there shall be an excellent
weapon made out of those limbs by
Visvakarman, by which, you shall,
reinforced by my power, take off the head
of Vritra."
 
इन्द्रमेवं समादिश्य तत्रैवान्तर्दधे हरिः ॥
 
Having directed Indra thus, Hari
disappeared at that very place.