ख आपतत्तद्विचलद्ग्रहोल्कव- न्निरीक्ष्य दुष्प्रेक्ष्यमजातविक्लव: । वज्रेण वज्री शतपर्वणाच्छिनद् भुजं च तस्योरगराजभोगम् ॥ ३ ॥
kha apatat tad vicalad graholkavan niriksya duspreksyam ajata-viklavah vajrena vajri sata-parvanacchinad bhujam ca tasyoraga-raja-bhogam
- khe
- in the sky
- apatat
- flying toward him
- tat
- that trident
- vicalat
- rotating
- graha-ulka-vat
- like a falling star
- niriksya
- observing
- duspreksyam
- unbearable to see
- ajata-viklavah
- not afraid
- vajrena
- with the thunderbolt
- vajri
- Indra, the holder of the thunderbolt
- sata-parvana
- possessing one hundred joints
- acchinat
- cut
- bhujam
- the arm
- ca
- and
- tasya
- of him (Vrtrasura)
- uraga-raja
- of the great serpent Vasuki
- bhogam
- like the body
Flying in the sky, Vrtrasura’s trident resembled a brilliant meteor. Although the blazing weapon was difficult to look upon, King Indra, unafraid, cut it to pieces with his thunderbolt. Simultaneously, he cut off one of Vrtrasura’s arms, which was as thick as the body of Vasuki, the King of the serpents.