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In this chapter it is described that Indra was very much afraid of killing a brāhmaṇa. Vṛtrāsura was a brāhmaṇa, …

The story is like this. When all the demigods combined together requested Indra to kill Vṛtrāsura, who was a brāhmaṇa, …

Under this instruction of the demigods, King Indra became engaged in fighting with Vṛtrāsura. However, Vṛtrāsura was killed, everyone became …

Indra could understand that certainly he was entangled by sinful reaction of killing a brāhmaṇa. He could see how the …

Text number one.

śrī-śuka uvāca vṛtre hate trayo lokā vināśakreṇa bhūrida sapālā hy abhavan sadyo vijvarā nirvṛtendriyāḥ

[SB 6.13.1]

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca---Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued to speak; vṛtre hate---upon the death of Vṛtrāsura; trayaḥ lokāḥ---the three planetary systems, upper, middle …

Translation: O King Parīkṣit, who is so much charitably disposed, when Vṛtrāsura was killed, except Indra all the demigods became …

Text number two.

devarṣi-pitṛ-bhūtāni daityā devānugāḥ svayam pratijagmuḥ sva-dhiṣṇyāni brahmeśendrādayas tataḥ

[SB 6.13.2]

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Prabhupāda:

hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa ṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Sixth Canto, Twelfth Chapter, verse number 24.

āvidhya parighaṁ vṛtraḥ kārṣṇāyasam arindamaḥ indrāya prāhiṇod ghoraṁ vāma-hastena māriṣa

[SB 6.12.24]

āvidhya---whirling round; parigham---iron trident; vṛtraḥ---Vṛtrāsura; kārṣṇa-ayasam---the trident made of iron; arim-damaḥ---Vṛtrāsura, who was competent enough to subdue his enemy; indrāya---unto …

Translation: O the best of the kings, Mahārāja Parīkṣit, Vṛtrāsura was completely able to subdue his enemy, took his trident …