Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 36: The Slaying of Arista, the Bull Demon

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.36.2

rambhamāṇaḥ kharataraḿ

padā ca vilikhan mahīm

udyamya pucchaḿ vaprāṇi

viṣāṇāgreṇa coddharan

kiñcit kiñcic chakṛn muñcan

mūtrayan stabdha-locanaḥ

SYNONYMS

rambhamāṇaḥ — bellowing; khara-taram — most harshly; padā — with his hooves; ca — and; vilikhan — scraping; mahīm — the ground; udyamya — raising upward; puccham — his tail; vaprāṇi — the embankments; viṣāṇa — of his horns; agreṇa — with the tips; ca — and; uddharan — lifting and tearing up; kiñcit kiñcita little; śakṛt — stool; muñcan — releasing; mūtrayan — urinating; stabdha — glaring; locanaḥ — his eyes.

TRANSLATION

Ariṣṭāsura bellowed very harshly and pawed the ground. With his tail raised and his eyes glaring, he began to tear up the embankments with the tips of his horns, every now and then passing a little stool and urine.

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