Filled with dread they thought, O king, on what could best be done. Seated at the summit of Mandara, they all desirous of the destruction of Vritra, went in imagination of Vishnu, who was never to be destroyed.
किं कार्यमिति वै राजन् विचिन्त्य भयमोहिताः। जग्मुः सर्वे महात्मानं मनोभिर्विष्णुमव्ययम्। उपविष्टा मन्दराग्नेये सर्वे वृत्रवधेप्सवः॥