Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 59: The Killing of the Demon Naraka

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.59.11

vyasuh papatambhasi kritta-sirsho

nikritta-sringo 'drir ivendra-tejasa

tasyatmajah sapta pitur vadhaturah

pratikriyamarsha-jushah samudyatah

SYNONYMS

vyasuh -- lifeless; papata -- he fell; ambhasi -- into the water; kritta -- severed; sirshah -- his heads; nikritta -- cut off; sringah -- whose peak; adrih -- a mountain; iva -- as if; indra -- of Lord Indra; tejasa -- by the power (that is, by his thunderbolt); tasya -- his, Mura's; atma-jah -- sons; sapta -- seven; pituh -- of their father; vadha -- by the killing; aturah -- very distressed; pratikriya -- for retribution; amarsha -- fury; jushah -- feeling; samudyatah -- aroused to action.

TRANSLATION

Lifeless, Mura's decapitated body fell into the water like a mountain whose peak has been severed by the power of Lord Indra's thunderbolt. The demon's seven sons, enraged by their father's death, prepared to retaliate.

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