Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for Mankind | Chapter 9: Appearance of the Demon Vṛtrāsura |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.9.19
taḿ nijaghnur abhidrutya
sagaṇā vibudharṣabhāḥ
svaiḥ svair divyāstra-śastraughaiḥ
so 'grasat tāni kṛtsnaśaḥ
SYNONYMS
tam — him; nijaghnuḥ — struck; abhidrutya — running to; sa-gaṇāḥ — with soldiers; vibudha-ṛṣabhāḥ — all the great demigods; svaiḥ svaiḥ — with their own respective; divya — transcendental; astra — bows and arrows; śastra-oghaiḥ — different weapons; saḥ — he (Vṛtra); agrasat — swallowed; tāni — them (the weapons); kṛtsnaśaḥ — all together.
TRANSLATION
The demigods, headed by Indra, charged the demon with their soldiers, striking him with their own transcendental bows and arrows and other weapons but Vṛtrāsura swallowed all their weapons.
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