Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for Mankind | Chapter 10: The Battle Between the Demigods and Vṛtrāsura |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.10.30
vṛtro 'surāḿs tān anugān manasvī
pradhāvataḥ prekṣya babhāṣa etat
palāyitaḿ prekṣya balaḿ ca bhagnaḿ
bhayena tīvreṇa vihasya vīraḥ
SYNONYMS
vṛtraḥ — Vṛtrāsura, the commander of the demons; asurān — all the demons; tān — them; anugān — his followers; manasvī — the great-minded; pradhāvataḥ — fleeing; prekṣya — observing; babhāṣa — spoke; etat — this; palāyitam — fleeing; prekṣya — seeing; balam — army; ca — and; bhagnam — broken; bhayena — out of fear; tīvreṇa — intense; vihasya — smiling; vīraḥ — the great hero.
TRANSLATION
Seeing his army broken and all the asuras, even those known as great heroes, fleeing the battlefield out of intense fear, Vṛtrāsura, who was truly a great-minded hero, smiled and spoke the following words.
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