Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.66.9

mukham tad apidhayajna

kanka-gridhra-vatair vritah

sayishyase hatas tatra

bhavita saranam sunam

SYNONYMS

mukham -- face; tat -- that; apidhaya -- being covered; ajna -- O ignorant man; kanka -- by herons; gridhra -- vultures; vataih -- and vata birds; vritah -- surrounded; sayishyase -- you will lie; hatah -- killed; tatra -- thereupon; bhavita -- you will become; saranam -- shelter; sunam -- for dogs.

TRANSLATION

"When you lie dead, O fool, your face covered by vultures, herons and vata birds, you will become the shelter of dogs."

PURPORT

Paundraka foolishly told the Supreme Lord to come to him for shelter, but here Lord Krishna tells him, "You are not My shelter, but rather you will become the shelter of dogs when they happily feast on your dead body."

Srila Prabhupada vividly describes this scene as follows: "[Lord Krishna told Paundraka, 'When I shall destroy you,] foolish King, you will have to conceal your face in disgrace, and when your head is severed from your body by My disc, you will be surrounded by meat-eating birds like vultures, hawks and eagles. At that time, instead of becoming My shelter, as you have demanded, you will be subjected to the mercy of these lowborn birds. At that time your body will be thrown to the dogs, who will eat it with great pleasure.' "

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