श्रीऋषिरुवाच एवं जिहासुर्नृप देहमाजौ मृत्युं वरं विजयान्मन्यमान: । शूलं प्रगृह्याभ्यपतत् सुरेन्द्रं यथा महापुरुषं कैटभोऽप्सु ॥ १ ॥
sri-rsir uvaca evam jihasur nrpa deham ajau mrtyum varam vijayan manyamanah sulam pragrhyabhyapatat surendram yatha maha-purusam kaitabho ’psu
- sri-rsih uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- evam
- thus
- jihasuh
- very eager to give up
- nrpa
- O King Pariksit
- deham
- the body
- ajau
- in battle
- mrtyum
- death
- varam
- better
- vijayat
- than victory
- manyamanah
- thinking
- sulam
- trident
- pragrhya
- taking up
- abhyapatat
- attacked
- sura-indram
- the King of heaven, Indra
- yatha
- just as
- maha-purusam
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- kaitabhah
- the demon Kaitabha
- apsu
- when the whole universe was inundated
Sukadeva Gosvami said: Desiring to give up his body, Vrtrasura considered death in the battle preferable to victory. O King Pariksit, he vigorously took up his trident and with great force attacked Lord Indra, the King of heaven, just as Kaitabha had forcefully attacked the Supreme Personality of Godhead when the universe was inundated.