When no weapon could pierce Vritra's hide, the gods beseeched the sage Dadhichi for his adamantine bones. Dadhichi surrendered his life willingly, and from his skeleton the divine craftsman fashioned Indra's Vajra — the thunderbolt that would shatter the demon and free the waters.
Dadhichi surrendered his life so the gods could fashion the Vajra from his bones, his skeleton becoming the indestructible thunderbolt that would break Vritra's hold on the world's waters.
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