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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.12.25

sa tu vṛtrasya parighaḿ

karaḿ ca karabhopamam

ciccheda yugapad devo

vajreṇa śata-parvaṇā

SYNONYMS

saḥhe (King Indra); tu — however; vṛtrasya — of Vṛtrāsura; parigham — the iron club; karam — his hand; ca — and; karabha-upamamas strong as the trunk of an elephant; ciccheda — cut to pieces; yugapat — simultaneously; devaḥ — Lord Indra; vajreṇa — with the thunderbolt; śata-parvaṇā — having one hundred joints.

TRANSLATION

With his thunderbolt named Śataparvan, Indra simultaneously cut to pieces Vṛtrāsura's club and his remaining hand.

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