Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth OrderChapter 5: Frustration of the Sacrifice of Daksa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 4.5.3

tato 'tikayas tanuva sprsan divam

sahasra-bahur ghana-ruk tri-surya-drk

karala-damstro jvalad-agni-murdhajah

kapala-mali vividhodyatayudhah

SYNONYMS

tatah -- at this time; atikayah -- a great personality (Virabhadra); tanuva -- with his body; sprsan -- touching; divam -- the sky; sahasra -- a thousand; bahuh -- arms; ghana-ruk -- of black color; tri-surya-drk -- as bright as three suns combined; karala-damstrah -- having very fearful teeth; jvalat-agni -- (like) burning fire; murdhajah -- having hair on his head; kapala-mali -- garlanded with men's heads; vividha -- various kinds; udyata -- upraised; ayudhah -- equipped with weapons.

TRANSLATION

A fearful black demon as high as the sky and as bright as three suns combined was thereby created, his teeth very fearful and the hairs on his head like burning fire. He had thousands of arms, equipped with various weapons, and he was garlanded with the heads of men.

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