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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:
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"
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-

श्
च्युतं 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."