SB 8.11.35

TEXT 35

TEXT

तपःसारमयं त्वाष्ट्रं वृत्रो येन विपाटितः ।
अन्ये चापि बलोपेताः सर्वास्त्रैरक्षतत्वचः ॥ ३५ ॥

tapaḥ-saramayam tvastram

vrtro yena vipatitaḥ

anye capi balopetaḥ

sarvastrair aksata-tvacaḥ

tapaḥ-austerities; sara-mayam-greatly powerful; tvastram-performed by Tvasta; vrtraḥ-Vrtrasura; yena-by which; vipatitaḥ-was killed; anye-others; ca-also; api-indeed; bala-upetaḥ-very powerful persons; sarva-all kinds; astraiḥ-by weapons; aksata-without being injured; tvacaḥ-their skin.

TRANSLATION

Vrtrasura was the essence of the austerities undergone by Tvasta, yet the thunderbolt killed him. Indeed, not only he but also many other stalwart heroes, whose very skin could not be injured even by all kinds of weapons, were killed by the same thunderbolt.

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