Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.59.21

sulam bhaumo 'cyutam hantum

adade vitathodyamah

tad-visargat purvam eva

narakasya siro harih

apaharad gaja-sthasya

cakrena kshura-nemina

SYNONYMS

sulam -- his trident; bhaumah -- Bhauma; acyutam -- Lord Krishna; hantum -- to kill; adade -- took up; vitatha -- frustrated; udyamah -- whose endeavors; tat -- its; visargat -- release; purvam -- before; eva -- even; narakasya -- of Bhauma; sirah -- the head; harih -- Lord Krishna; apaharat -- removed; gaja -- on his elephant; sthasya -- who was seated; cakrena -- with His disc; kshura -- razor-sharp; nemina -- whose edge.

TRANSLATION

Bhauma, frustrated in all his attempts, took up his trident to kill Lord Krishna. But even before he could release it, the Lord cut off his head with His razor-sharp cakra as the demon sat atop his elephant.

PURPORT

According to Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti, as Bhauma raised his invincible trident, Satyabhama, sitting on Garuda with the Lord, said to Krishna, "Kill him right away," and Krishna did just that.

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