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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.12.5

vṛtrasya karmāti-mahādbhutaḿ tat

surāsurāś cāraṇa-siddha-sańghāḥ

apūjayaḿs tat puruhūta-sańkaṭaḿ

nirīkṣya hā heti vicukruśur bhṛśam

SYNONYMS

vṛtrasya — of Vṛtrāsura; karma — the accomplishment; ati — very; mahā — greatly; adbhutam — wonderful; tat — that; sura — the demigods; asurāḥ — and the demons; cāraṇa — the Cāraṇas; siddha-sańghāḥ — and the society of Siddhas; apūjayan — glorified; tat — that; puruhūta-sańkaṭam — the dangerous position of Indra; nirīkṣya — seeing; — alas, alas; iti — thus; vicukruśuḥ — lamented; bhṛśam — very much.

TRANSLATION

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

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