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THE STORY OF VRITRA ASURA 129
 
सरकार
 
एवं जिहासुः [नृप] देहमाजौ
मृत्युं वरं विजयान्मन्यमानः ।
शूलं प्रगृह्याभ्यपतत्सुरेन्द्रं
हतोऽसि पापेति रुषा जगाद ।
 
Desiring thus to lay down his body in
the battle, considering as he did death
better than victory, Vritra ran at Indra,
grasping his trident, and spoke in anger:
** Sinner! you are killed."
 
हनौ तताडेन्द्रमथामरेभं
 
TRY OF CULTURE
 
GOVERNME
 
संस्कृति मंत्रा
 
वज्रं च हस्तान्न्यपतन्मघोनः ॥
 
Vritra then struck Indra, the chief of
the gods, on the chin ; and the thunder-
bolt fell from the hand of Indra.
 
इन्द्रो न वज्रं जगृहे विलज्जित-
इच्युतं स्वहस्तादरिसन्निधौ पुनः ।
तमाह वृत्रो हर आत्तवज्रो
 
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जहि स्वशत्रुं न विषादकालः ॥
 
Ashamed, Indra did not take up, in
the presence of his enemy, the thunder-
bolt that had slipped down from his
hand. Vritra told him: "Indra, take the
thunderbolt and kill your enemy; this is
no time for sorrow."