Twashtri
Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 01 Mar 2010 08:06 and updated at 01 Mar 2010 08:06
Mahabharata: 18 Parvas
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Mbh.3.100.5274 | And the celestials, glad at heart, went to Twashtri the celestial Artificer and spake to him of the means of victory. |
Mbh.3.100.5275 | And Twashtri, hearing those words of theirs, became filled with joy, and constructed out of those bones with great attention and care the fierce weapons called Vajra. |
Mbh.3.100.5278 | And thus addressed by Twashtri, Purandara took the Vajra from his hand, joyfully and with proper respect |
Mbh.5.9.293 | Once Twashtri, the lord of creatures and the foremost of celestials, was engaged in practising rigid austerities. |
Mbh.5.9.302 | And it was thus that Indra pondered in his mind; and, O best of Bharata's race, endued with intelligence, he ordered the celestial nymphs to tempt the son of Twashtri. |
Mbh.5.9.361 | Now when the lord of creatures, Twashtri, heard that his son had been slain by Indra, his eyes became red with ire, and he spoke the following words, Since Indra hath killed my son who had committed no offence at all, who was constantly engaged in the practice of austerities, who was merciful, possessed of self-control, and of subdued passions, therefore, for the destruction of Indra, I will create Vritra. |
Mbh.5.9.379 | And when Vritra, inspired with the mighty spirit of Twashtri and himself endowed with strength, got the upper hand in fight, Indra turned back And on his retreat, the gods became exceedingly distressed. |
Mbh.5.9.380 | And all of them together with Indra were overpowered by the might of Twashtri. |
Mbh.5.10.452 | Now when the mighty Vritra, terrible to the gods, was killed, Indra became overpowered by falsehood, and he became exceedingly sad; and he was also overpowered by the sin of Brahmanicide on account of having killed the three-headed son of Twashtri. |
Mbh.5.16.725 | And he said, What business of yours yet remaineth; the great Asuras, son of Twashtri, hath been killed; and Vritra also, whose form was exceedingly big and who destroyed the worlds' |
Mbh.5.16.739 | And arrived there they said to the great Indra, How lucky that the son of Twashtri hath been killed, and Vritra also! |
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice. |
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