Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.54.35

cailena baddhva tam asadhu-karinam

sa-smasru-kesam pravapan vyarupayat

tavan mamarduh para-sainyam adbhutam

yadu-pravira nalinim yatha gajah

SYNONYMS

cailena -- with a strip of cloth; baddhva -- tying up; tam -- him; asadhu-karinam -- the evil-doer; sa-smasru-kesam -- leaving some of his mustache and hair remaining; pravapan -- by shaving him; vyarupayat -- made him disfigured; tavat -- by then; mamarduh -- they had crushed; para -- opposing; sainyam -- the army; adbhutam -- extraordinary; yadu-pravirah -- the heroes of the Yadu dynasty; nalinim -- a lotus flower; yatha -- as; gajah -- elephants.

TRANSLATION

Lord Krishna tied up the evil-doer with a strip of cloth. He then proceeded to disfigure Rukmi by comically shaving him, leaving parts of his mustache and hair. By that time the Yadu heroes had crushed the extraordinary army of their opponents, just as elephants crush a lotus flower.

PURPORT

Lord Krishna used His same sharp sword to give the wicked Rukmi a peculiar haircut.

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