SB 06 12 27-35 - Bhakti Vikas Swami - Gujrat 2013-02-20.mp3

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maha-prano maha-viryo

 maha-sarpa iva dvipam

krtvadharam hanum bhumau

 daityo divy uttaram hanum

 

nabho-gambhira-vaktrena

 leliholbana-jihvaya

damstrabhih kala-kalpabhir

 grasann iva jagat-trayam

 

atimatra-maha-kaya

 aksipams tarasa girin

giri-rat pada-cariva

 padbhyam nirjarayan mahim

jagrasa sa samasadya

 vajrinam saha-vahanam

 

Translation by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada: 

 

Vrtrasura was very powerful in physical strength and influence. He placed his lower jaw on the ground and his upper jaw in the sky. His mouth became very deep, like the sky itself, and his tongue resembled a large serpent. With his fearful, deathlike teeth, he seemed to be trying to devour the entire universe. Thus assuming a gigantic body, the great demon Vrtrasura shook even the mountains and began crushing the surface of the earth with his legs, as if he were the Himalayas walking about. He came before Indra and swallowed him and Airavata, his carrier, just as a big python might swallow an elephant.