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एवं संचिन्तयन्नेव शक्रो विष्णुमनुस्मरन् । अथ फेनं तदापश्यत्समुद्रे पर्वतोपमम्॥ ५-१०-३६॥
While reflecting thus, Śakra, remembering Viṣṇu, then saw foam in the ocean, resembling a mountain.
english translation
नायं शुष्को न चार्द्रोऽयं न च शस्त्रमिदं तथा । एनं क्षेप्स्यामि वृत्रस्य क्षणादेव नशिष्यति॥ ५-१०-३७॥
“This is neither dry nor wet; and this, likewise, is not a weapon. I shall cast it at Vṛtra; in an instant he will cease to remain.”
english translation
सवज्रमथ फेनं तं क्षिप्रं वृत्रे निसृष्टवान् । प्रविश्य फेनं तं विष्णुरथ वृत्रं व्यनाशयत्॥ ५-१०-३८॥
Then, together with the thunderbolt, he swiftly released that foam at Vṛtra. Entering into that foam, Viṣṇu then caused Vṛtra’s destruction.
english translation
निहते तु ततो वृत्रे दिशो वितिमिराभवन् । प्रववौ च शिवो वायुः प्रजाश्च जहृषुस्तदा ॥ ५-१०-३९॥
After Vṛtra had been brought down, the directions became free of darkness. A benign wind began to blow, and the beings of the world rejoiced at that time.
english translation
ततो देवाः सगन्धर्वा यक्षराक्षसपन्नगाः । ऋषयश्च महेन्द्रं तमस्तुवन्विविधैः स्तवैः॥ ५-१०-४०॥
Then the gods—together with the Gandharvas, Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, and Nāgas—and the Ṛṣis praised that Mahendra with various hymns.
english translation