वृत्रोऽसुरांस्ताननुगान् मनस्वी प्रधावत: प्रेक्ष्य बभाष एतत् । पलायितं प्रेक्ष्य बलं च भग्नं भयेन तीव्रेण विहस्य वीर: ॥ ३० ॥
vrtro ’surams tan anugan manasvi pradhavatah preksya babhasa etat palayitam preksya balam ca bhagnam bhayena tivrena vihasya virah
- vrtrah
- Vrtrasura, the commander of the demons
- asuran
- all the demons
- tan
- them
- anugan
- his followers
- manasvi
- the great-minded
- pradhavatah
- fleeing
- preksya
- observing
- babhasa
- spoke
- etat
- this
- palayitam
- fleeing
- preksya
- seeing
- balam
- army
- ca
- and
- bhagnam
- broken
- bhayena
- out of fear
- tivrena
- intense
- vihasya
- smiling
- virah
- the great hero.
Seeing his army broken and all the asuras, even those known as great heroes, fleeing the battlefield out of intense fear, Vrtrasura, who was truly a great-minded hero, smiled and spoke the following words.