Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.66.22

tatha kasi-pateh kayac

chira utkritya patribhih

nyapatayat kasi-puryam

padma-kosam ivanilah

SYNONYMS

tatha -- similarly; kasi-pateh -- of the King of Kasi; kayat -- from his body; sirah -- the head; utkritya -- severing; patribhih -- with His arrows; nyapatayat -- He sent it flying; kasi-puryam -- into the city of Kasi; padma -- of a lotus; kosam -- the flower cup; iva -- as; anilah -- the wind.

TRANSLATION

With His arrows, Lord Krishna similarly severed Kasiraja's head from his body, sending it flying into Kasi city like a lotus flower thrown by the wind.

PURPORT

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti explains why Krishna threw Kasiraja's head into the city: "As he went off to battle, the King of Kasi had promised the citizens: 'My dear residents of Kasi, today I will bring the enemy's head into the midst of the city. Have no doubt of this.' The King's sinful queens had also boasted to their maids-in-waiting: 'Today our master will certainly bring the head of the Lord of Dvaraka.' Therefore the Supreme Lord threw the King's head into the city to astonish the inhabitants."

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