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Chapter 11: King Indra Annihilates the Demons

Verse 35 of 48
SB 8.11.35

तपःसारमयं त्वाष्ट्रं वृत्रो येन विपाटितः अन्ये चापि बलोपेताः सर्वास्त्रैरक्षतत्वचः

tapaḥ-sāramayaṁ tvāṣṭraṁ vṛtro yena vipāṭitaḥ anye cāpi balopetāḥ sarvāstrair akṣata-tvacaḥ

Synonyms

tapaḥ—austerities; sāra-mayam—greatly powerful; tvāṣṭram—performed by Tvaṣṭā; vṛtraḥ—Vṛtrāsura; yena—by which; vipāṭitaḥ—was killed; anye—others; ca—also; api—indeed; bala-upetāḥ—very powerful persons; sarva—all kinds; astraiḥ—by weapons; akṣata—without being injured; tvacaḥ—their skin..

Translation

Vṛtrāsura was the essence of the austerities undergone by Tvaṣṭā, 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.

Verse 35 of 48