Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 6 Chapter 11 Verse 13

Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for Mankind | Chapter 11: The Transcendental Qualities of Vṛtrāsura

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.11.13

sa taḿ nṛpendrāhava-kāmyayā ripuḿ

vajrāyudhaḿ bhrātṛ-haṇaḿ vilokya

smaraḿś ca tat-karma nṛ-śaḿsam aḿhaḥ

śokena mohena hasañ jagāda

SYNONYMS

saḥ — he (Vṛtrāsura); tam — him (the King of heaven, Indra); nṛpa-indra — O King Parīkṣit; āhava-kāmyayā — with a desire to fight; ripum — his enemy; vajra-āyudham — whose weapon was the thunderbolt (made from the bones of Dadhīci); bhrātṛ-haṇam — who was the killer of his brother; vilokya — seeing; smaran — remembering; ca — and; tat-karma — his activities; nṛ-śaḿsam — cruel; aḿhaḥ — a great sin; śokena — with lamentation; mohena — by bewilderment; hasan — laughing; jagāda — said.

TRANSLATION

O King, when the great hero Vṛtrāsura saw Indra, his enemy, the killer of his brother, standing before him with a thunderbolt in his hand, desiring to fight, Vṛtrāsura remembered how Indra had cruelly killed his brother. Thinking of Indra's sinful activities, he became mad with lamentation and forgetfulness. Laughing sarcastically, he spoke as follows.

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