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Chapter 12.273 - Verse 7

Sanskrit Text

वज्रः सुमहातेजाः कालाग्निसदृशोपमः क्षिप्रमेव महाकायं वृत्रं दैत्यमपातयत्

English Translation

While the Asura was yawning, Indra discharged his thunderbolt at him. Endued with great enrgy and resembling the fire that destroys the creation at the end of the cycle, that thunderbolt overthrew in a moment Vritra of gigantic form.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

स | वज्रः | सु + महत् + तेजस् | कालाग्नि + सदृश + उपम
क्षिप्रम् | एव | महत् + काय | वृत्रं | दैत्यम् | अपातयत्