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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.12.24

āvidhya parighaḿ vṛtraḥ

kārṣṇāyasam arindamaḥ

indrāya prāhiṇod ghoraḿ

vāma-hastena māriṣa

SYNONYMS

āvidhya — whirling; parigham — the club; vṛtraḥ — Vṛtrāsura; kārṣṇa-ayasammade of iron; arim-damaḥ — who was competent to subdue his enemy; indrāya — at Indra; prāhiṇot — threw; ghoram — very fearful; vāma-hastena — with his left hand; māriṣaO best of kings, Mahārāja Parīkṣit.

TRANSLATION

O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, Vṛtrāsura, who was completely able to subdue his enemy, took his iron club, whirled it around, aimed it at Indra and then threw it at him with his left hand.

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