Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 11: The Transcendental Qualities of Vṛtrāsura

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.11.14

śrī-vṛtra uvāca

diṣṭyā bhavān me samavasthito ripur

yo brahma-hā guru-hā bhrātṛ-hā ca

diṣṭyānṛṇo 'dyāham asattama tvayā

mac-chūla-nirbhinna-dṛṣad-dhṛdācirāt

SYNONYMS

śrī-vṛtraḥ uvāca — the great hero Vṛtrāsura said; diṣṭyā — by good fortune; bhavān — Your Lordship; me — of me; samavasthitaḥ — situated (in front); ripuḥ — my enemy; yaḥ — who; brahma- — the killer of a brāhmaṇa; guru- — the killer of your guru; bhrātṛ- — the killer of my brother; ca — also; diṣṭyā — by good fortune; anṛṇaḥ — free from debt (to my brother); adya — today; ahamI; asat-tamaO most abominable one; tvayā — through you; mat-śūla — by my trident; nirbhinna — being pierced; dṛṣat — like stone; hṛdā — whose heart; acirāt — very soon.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Vṛtrāsura said: He who has killed a brāhmaṇa, he who has killed his spiritual master — indeed, he who has killed my brother — is now, by good fortune, standing before me face to face as my enemy. O most abominable one, when I pierce your stonelike heart with my trident, I shall be freed from my debt to my brother.

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