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SB 6.9.19

Devanāgarī

तं निजघ्नुरभिद्रुत्य सगणा विबुधर्षभा: । स्वै: स्वैर्दिव्यास्त्रशस्त्रौघै: सोऽग्रसत्तानि कृत्‍स्‍नश: ॥ १९ ॥

Text

taṁ nijaghnur abhidrutya sagaṇā vibudharṣabhāḥ svaiḥ svair divyāstra-śastraughaiḥ so ’grasat tāni kṛtsnaśaḥ

Synonyms

tam—him;nijaghnuḥ—struck;abhidrutya—running to;sa-gaṇāḥ—with soldiers;vibudha-ṛṣabhāḥ—all the great demigods;svaiḥsvaiḥ—with their own respective;divya—transcendental;astra—bows and arrows;śastra-oghaiḥ—different weapons;saḥ—he (Vṛtra);agrasat—swallowed;tāni—them (the weapons);kṛtsnaśaḥ—all together.

Translation

The demigods, headed by Indra, charged the demon with their soldiers, striking him with their own transcendental bows and arrows and other weapons but Vṛtrāsura swallowed all their weapons.

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