Bhagavata Condensed in the Poetʼs Own Words /155

RY OF CULTUREENT O
 
JA
 
201
 
मंत्रारुष
 
32
 
भारत
 
SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 
वृत्रस्य देहान्निष्क्रान्तमात्मज्योतिः [अरिन्दम]4

पश्यतां सर्वलोकानामलोकं समपद्यत ॥
 

Even as all the worlds were looking on,

the effulgence of the Spirit that emanated

from out of Vritra's body attained the

Lord who is beyond all worlds.
 

 
अथेन्ज्यमाने पुरुषे सर्वदेवमयात्मनि ।

स वै त्वाष्ट्रवधो भूयानपि पापचयो [नृप] ।

नीतस्तेनैव शून्याय नीहार इव भानुना ॥
 

Then, when the SL
 
Then, when the Supreme Being, the

embodiment of all gods, was worshipped

with sacrifice, that accumulation of sin

due to the killing of the (Brahmin) sons

of Tvashta, though very great, was

completely removed by the Lord Himself,

as mist is by the sun.
 

 
॥ इति वृत्रासुरवधकथा ॥
 

Thus ends the story of the

Killing of Vritra Asura