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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.12.26

दोर्भ्यामुत्कृत्तमूलाभ्यां बभौ रक्तस्रवोऽसुर: । छिन्नपक्षो यथा गोत्र: खाद्भ्रष्टो वज्रिणा हत: ॥ २६ ॥
dorbhyām utkṛtta-mūlābhyāṁ
[dorbhyaam utkritta-moolaabhyaam]
babhau rakta-sravo ’suraḥ
[babhau rakta-sravo ’surah]
chinna-pakṣo yathā gotraḥ
[chinna-paksho yathaa gotrah]
khād bhraṣṭo vajriṇā hataḥ
[khaad bhrashto vajrinaa hatah]
Word-for-word
dorbhyām — from the two arms utkṛtta-mūlābhyām — cut from the very root babhau — was rakta-sravaḥ — profusely discharging blood asuraḥ — Vṛtrāsura chinna-pakṣaḥ — whose wings are cut yathā — just as gotraḥ — a mountain khāt — from the sky bhraṣṭaḥ — falling vajriṇā — by Indra, the carrier of the thunderbolt hataḥ — struck.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
dorbhyām utkṛtta-mūlābhyāṁ
dorbhyām
from the two arms
utkṛtta-mūlābhyām
cut from the very root
babhau rakta-sravo ’suraḥ
babhau
was
rakta-sravaḥ
profusely discharging blood
asuraḥ
Vṛtrāsura
chinna-pakṣo yathā gotraḥ
chinna-pakṣaḥ
whose wings are cut
yathā
just as
gotraḥ
a mountain
khād bhraṣṭo vajriṇā hataḥ
khāt
from the sky
bhraṣṭaḥ
falling
vajriṇā
by Indra, the carrier of the thunderbolt
hataḥ
struck.
Vṛtrāsura, bleeding profusely, his two arms cut off at their roots, looked very beautiful, like a flying mountain whose wings have been cut to pieces by Indra.
Purport

It appears from the statement of this verse that sometimes there are flying mountains and that their wings are cut by the thunderbolt of Indra. Vṛtrāsura’s huge body resembled such a mountain.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Vṛtrāsura, bleeding profusely, his two arms cut off at their roots, looked like a fallen mountain whose wings have been cut to pieces by Indra. Gotraḥ means mountain.
Personal Guidance
Bleeding from both shoulders, Vṛtra looked beautiful like a flying mountain with cut wings. Beauty and devastation can coexist in the same form.
Reflection Questions
  • Where in my life is beauty arriving from devastation?
  • Could I see the cut-winged mountain as still mountain?
📝 My note

Source: vedabase.io

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