Ramayana
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ते पश्यंस्तेजसा भूतं तप्यन्तमसुरोत्तमम् । पिबन्तमिव लोकांस्त्रीन्निर्दहन्तमिवाम्बरम् ॥ 7-85-11 ॥
They beheld that best of the asuras, blazing with splendor and performing austerities, as if drinking up the three worlds and as if consuming the sky.
english translation
दृष्ट्वैव चासुरश्रेष्ठं देवास्त्रासमुपागमन् । कथमेनं वधिष्यामः कथं न स्यात्पराजयः ॥ 7-85-12 ॥
And the very moment they saw that foremost of asuras, the gods were seized with terror: "How shall we slay him? How may there be no defeat for us?"
english translation
तेषां चिन्तयतां तत्र सहस्राक्षः पुरन्दरः । वज्रं प्रगृह्य पाणिभ्यां प्राहिणोद्वृत्रमूर्धनि ॥ 7-85-13 ॥
While they were thus pondering, the thousand-eyed Purandara, grasping the thunderbolt with both hands, hurled it upon Vritra's head.
english translation
कालाग्निनेव घोरेण तप्तेनैव महार्चिषा । पतता वृत्रशिरसा जगत्ऺत्रासमुपागमत् ॥ 7-85-14 ॥
As Vritra's head fell, dreadful like the fire of doom, glowing and blazing with mighty flame, the world was seized with terror.
english translation
असम्भाव्यं वधं तस्य वृत्रस्य विबुधाधिपः । चिन्तयानो जगामाशु लोकस्यान्तं महायशाः ॥ 7-85-15 ॥
That lord of the gods, of great fame, reflecting that the slaying of Vritra was an inconceivable deed, swiftly fled to the end of the world.
english translation