SB 8.11.35

SB 8.11.35

Devanagari

तप:सारमयं त्वाष्ट्रं वृत्रो येन विपाटित: । अन्ये चापि बलोपेता: सर्वास्त्रैरक्षतत्वच: ॥ ३५ ॥

Verse text

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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

By this thunderbolt I killed Vṛtrāsura, powerful with the austerity of Tvaṣṭā and I killed others as well who were powerful and whose skin could not be injured by any weapon.