Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 37: The Killing of the Demons Keśi and Vyoma

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.37.32

taḿ nigṛhyācyuto dorbhyāḿ

pātayitvā mahī-tale

paśyatāḿ divi devānāḿ

paśu-māram amārayat

SYNONYMS

tam — him; nigṛhya — holding fast; acyutaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; dorbhyām — with His arms; pātayitvā — making him fall; mahī-tale — onto the ground; paśyatām — while they were watching; diviin the heavenly planets; devānām — the demigods; paśu-māramas a sacrificial animal is slaughtered; amārayatHe killed him.

TRANSLATION

Lord Acyuta clutched Vyomāsura between His arms and threw him to the ground. Then, while the demigods in heaven looked on, Kṛṣṇa killed him in the same way that one kills a sacrificial animal.

PURPORT

The ācāryas inform us that sacrificial animals were killed by means of strangulation.

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