Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 12: Vritrāsura's Glorious Death

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.12.5

vritrasya karmāti-mahādbhutam tat

surāsurāś cārana-siddha-sańghāh

apūjayams tat puruhūta-sańkatam

nirīkshya heti vicukruśur bhriśam

SYNONYMS

vritrasya — of Vritrāsura; karma — the accomplishment; ati — very; mahā — greatly; adbhutam — wonderful; tat — that; sura — the demigods; asurāh — and the demons; cārana — the Cāranas; siddha-sańghāh — and the society of Siddhas; apūjayan — glorified; tat — that; puruhūta-sańkatam — the dangerous position of Indra; nirīkshya — seeing; — alas, alas; iti — thus; vicukruśuh — lamented; bhriśam — very much.

TRANSLATION

The denizens of various planets, like the demigods, demons, Cāranas and Siddhas, praised Vritrāsura's deed, but when they observed that Indra was in great danger, they lamented, "Alas! Alas!"

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