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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.59.7

tri-sulam udyamya su-durnirikshano

yuganta-suryanala-rocir ulbanah

grasams tri-lokim iva pancabhir mukhair

abhyadravat tarkshya-sutam yathoragah

SYNONYMS

tri-sulam -- his trident; udyamya -- raising; su -- very; durnirikshanah -- difficult to look at; yuga-anta -- at the end of a millennium; surya -- of the sun; anala -- (like) the fire; rocih -- whose effulgence; ulbanah -- terrible; grasan -- swallowing; tri-lokim -- the three worlds; iva -- as if; pancabhih -- with his five; mukhaih -- mouths; abhyadravat -- he attacked; tarkshya-sutam -- Garuda, the son of Tarkshya; yatha -- as; uragah -- a snake.

TRANSLATION

Shining with the blinding, terrible effulgence of the sun's fire at the end of a millennium, Mura seemed to be swallowing up the three worlds with his five mouths. He lifted up his trident and fell upon Garuda, the son of Tarkshya, like an attacking snake.

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