Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 12: The Killing of the Demon Aghāsura

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.12.23

dāvoshna-khara-vāto 'yam

śvāsavad bhāti paśyata

tad-dagdha-sattva-durgandho

'py antar-āmisha-gandhavat

SYNONYMS

dāva-ushna-khara-vātah ayam — hot breath coming out exactly like fire; śvāsa-vat bhāti paśyata — just see how it resembles his breath; tat-dagdha-sattva — of burning corpses; durgandhah — the bad smell; api — indeed; antah-āmisha-gandha-vat — is like the fleshy smell coming out from within.

TRANSLATION

The hot fiery wind is the breath coming out of his mouth, which is giving off the bad smell of burning flesh because of all the dead bodies he has eaten.

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