(16) As he, Indra the
most powerful of all, was ruminating thus, became Brihaspati
invisible to him due to the potency of his highly elevated state.
Chapter 8: The Armor of Mantra's that Protected Indra
(20) May Kes'ava with His
club protect me in the morning, may Govinda holding His flute do so in
the afternoon, may Nârâyana protect me in the late
afternoon and may for the fourth part of the day Lord Vishnu, the ruler
with the disc, be the controller of all forces [see also 5.21:
10].
Chapter 9: Appearance of
the Demon Vritrâsura
(28) S'rî S'uka
said: 'Because of that prayer of the enlightened souls, o King, became
He,
directing the vision inside, visible with His conchshell, disc and club.
Chapter 10:
The Battle Between the Demigods and Vritrâsura
(13-14) Thereafter took
King Indra up the thunderbolt which by Vis'vakarmâ, empowered by
the great sage [Dadhîci], had been manufactured. Suffused with
the spiritual vigor of the Supreme Lord and harnessed with all the
other gods, rode he out, shining on the back of Gajendra [his elephant]
being offered prayers by the munis to the apparent pleasure of all the
three worlds.
Chapter 11:
The Transcendental Qualities of Vritrâsura
(2-3) When the best of the Asuras saw that
the asura army, chased by the demigods who took the opportunity, was
being shattered like there was no one to protect them, was he, the
enemy of Indra, pained and angry and did he, unable to bear that,
stepping in their way rebuke them with great force, o King, saying:
Chapter 12:
Vritrâsura's Glorious Death
(3) The rotating trident
flying towards him like a star falling from the sky did, although the
sight was difficult to bear, not scare Indra who with his thunderbolt
cut it, as well as the arm of Vritra that resembled the body of the
serpent king, in a hundred pieces.
