दोर्भ्यामुत्कृत्तमूलाभ्यां बभौ रक्तस्रवो ऽसुरः छिन्नपक्षो यथा गोत्रः खाद्भ्रष्टो वज्रिणा हतः
dorbhyām utkṛtta-mūlābhyāṁ babhau rakta-sravo 'suraḥ chinna-pakṣo yathā gotraḥ khād bhraṣṭo vajriṇā hataḥ
Synonyms
dorbhyām—from the two arms; utkṛtta-mūlābhyām—cut from the very root; babhau—was; rakta-sravaḥ—profusely discharging blood; asuraḥ—Vṛtrāsura; chinna-pakṣaḥ—whose wings are cut; yathā—just as; gotraḥ—a mountain; khāt—from the sky; bhraṣṭaḥ—falling; vajriṇā—by Indra, the carrier of the thunderbolt; hataḥ—struck..
Translation
Vṛtrāsura, bleeding profusely, his two arms cut off at their roots, looked very beautiful, like a flying mountain whose wings have been cut to pieces by Indra.
Purport
It appears from the statement of this verse that sometimes there are flying mountains and that their wings are cut by the thunderbolt of Indra. Vṛtrāsura's huge body resembled such a mountain.