TEXT 11
airavato vrtra-gadabhimrsto
vighurnito drih kulisahato yatha
apasarad bhinna-mukhah sahendro
muncann asrk sapta-dhanur bhrsartah
SYNONYMS
airavatahAiravata, the elephant of King Indra; vrtra-gada-abhimrstahstruck by the club in Vrtrasuras hand; vighurnitahshaken; adriha mountain; kulisaby a thunderbolt; ahatahstruck; yathajust like; apasaratwas pushed back; bhinna-mukhahhaving a broken mouth; saha-indrahwith King Indra; muncanspitting; asrkblood; sapta-dhanuha distance measured by seven bows (approximately fourteen yards); bhrsavery severely; artahaggrieved.
TRANSLATION
Struck with the club by Vrtrasura like a mountain struck by a thunderbolt, the elephant Airavata, feeling great pain and spitting blood from its broken mouth, was pushed back fourteen yards. In great distress, the elephant fell, with Indra on its back.
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