Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 44: The Killing of Kaḿsa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.44.11

valgataḥ śatrum abhitaḥ

kṛṣṇasya vadanāmbujam

vīkṣyatāḿ śrama-vāry-uptaḿ

padma-kośam ivāmbubhiḥ

SYNONYMS

valgataḥ — leaping; śatrum — of His enemy; abhitaḥ — on all sides; kṛṣṇasya — of Kṛṣṇa; vadana — the face; ambujam — lotuslike; vīkṣyatām — you should see; śrama — of fatigue; vāri — with the moisture; uptam — covered; padma — of a lotus flower; kośam — the whorl; iva — like; ambubhiḥ — with droplets of water.

TRANSLATION

Just see the lotus face of Kṛṣṇa as He darts around His foe! That face, covered with drops of perspiration brought on by the strenuous fight, resembles a lotus covered with dew.

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