TEXT 33
vajras tu tat-kandharam asu-vegah
krntan samantat parivartamanah
nyapatayat tavad ahar-ganena
yo jyotisam ayane vartra-hatye
SYNONYMS
vajrahthe thunderbolt; tubut; tat-kandharamhis neck; asu-vegahalthough very fast; krntancutting; samantatall around; parivartamanahrevolving; nyapatayatcaused to fall; tavatso many; ahah-ganenaby days; yahwhich; jyotisamof the luminaries like the sun and moon; ayanein moving to both sides of the equator; vartra-hatyeat the time suitable for killing Vrtrasura.
TRANSLATION
Although the thunderbolt revolved around Vrtrasuras neck with great speed, separating his head from his body took one complete year360 days, the time in which the sun, moon and other luminaries complete a northern and southern journey. Then, at the suitable time for Vrtrasura to be killed, his head fell to the ground.

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