(It was by adopting this path) that the wielder of the thunderbolt (Indra) together with the Marutas slew Vritra, the invincible Namuchi and the Rakshasa female Dirghajivha.
संहत्य निहतो वृत्रो मरुद्भिर्वलापाणिना। नमुचिश्चैव दुर्धर्षो दीर्घजिह्वा च राक्षसी॥