Verse 20·VR 1.46.20

मा रुदो मा रुदश्चेति गर्भं शक्रोऽभ्यभाषत | बिभेद च महातेजा रुदन्तमपि वासवः || १-४६-२०

bhidyamaanaH tato garbho vajreNa shata parvaNaa | ruroda susvaram raama tato ditiH abudhyata || 1-46-19

Translation

'Do not scream, do not scream...' thus Indra was coaxing the foetus, and even though that foetus is screaming piteously the great resplendent Indra has gone on fragmenting it. [1-46-20]

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maa rudaH maa rudaH

do not, scream, do not, scream

iti shakraH garbham abhyabhaaSata

thus, Indra said - coaxed to foetus

mahaatejaaH vaasavaH

great resplendent, Indra

rudantam api

wailing, even though [foetus is wailing]

bibheda ca

fragmented it, also.

Chapter context

46

Lady Diti seeks a son to kill Indra

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