05010001a sarvaM vyAptam idanM devA vRtreNa jagad avyayam This whole indestructible universe, O gods, hath been pervaded by vRtra.
05010001c na hy asya sadRzaGM kiJM cit pratighAtAya yad bhavet There is nothing that can be equal to the task of opposing him.
05010002a samartho hy abhavamM pUrvam asamartho 'smi sAmMpratam I was capable of yore, but now I am incapable.
05010002c kathaGM kuryAnM nu bhadraM vo duSpradharSasH sa me mataH What good betide you, can I do? I believe him to be unapproachable.
05010003a tejasvI ca mahAtmA ca yuddhe cAmitavikramaH Powerful and magnanimous, possessing immeasurable strength in fight,
05010003c graset tribhuvanaM sarvaM sadevAsuramAnuSam he would be able to swallow up all the three worlds with the gods, the asuras, and the men.
05010004a tasmAd vinizcayam imaM zRNudhvamM me divaukasaH Therefore, hear ye dwellers of heaven, this is my resolution.
05010004c viSNoH kSayam upAgamya sametya ca mahAtmanA Proceeding to the abode of viSNu, in company with that high-souled Being
05010004e tena samMmantrya vetsyAmo vadhopAyanM durAtmanaH must we consult, and ascertain the means of slaying this ruthless wretch.'
05010005 zalya uvAca 'zalya continued,
05010005a evam ukte maghavatA devAsH sarSigaNAs tadA 'indra having thus spoken, the gods with that host of RSis
05010005c zaraNyaM zaraNanM devaJM jagmur viSNumM mahAbalam repaired to the mighty god viSNu to place themselves under the-protection of that protector of all.
