श्रीशुक उवाच इन्द्रो वृत्रवच: श्रुत्वा गतालीकमपूजयत् । गृहीतवज्र: प्रहसंस्तमाह गतविस्मय: ॥ १८ ॥
sri-suka uvaca indro vrtra-vacah srutva gatalikam apujayat grhita-vajrah prahasams tam aha gata-vismayah
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- indrah
- King Indra
- vrtra-vacah
- the words of Vrtrasura
- srutva
- hearing
- gata-alikam
- without duplicity
- apujayat
- worshiped
- grhita-vajrah
- taking up the thunderbolt
- prahasan
- smiling
- tam
- unto Vrtrasura
- aha
- said
- gata-vismayah
- giving up his wonder.
Sukadeva Gosvami said: Hearing the straightforward, instructive words of Vrtrasura, King Indra praised him and again took the thunderbolt in his hand. Without bewilderment or duplicity, he then smiled and spoke to Vrtrasura as follows.