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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.44.24-25

tathaiva muṣṭikaḥ pūrvaḿ

sva-muṣṭyābhihatena vai

balabhadreṇa balinā

talenābhihato bhṛśam

pravepitaḥ sa rudhiram

udvaman mukhato 'rditaḥ

vyasuḥ papātorvy-upasthe

vātāhata ivāńghripaḥ

SYNONYMS

tathā — also; eva — similarly; muṣṭikaḥMuṣṭika; pūrvam — previously; sva-muṣṭyā — with his fist; abhihatena — who had been struck; vai — indeed; balabhadreṇa — by Lord Balarāma; balinā — the powerful; talena — with His palm; abhihataḥ — struck; bhṛśam — violently; pravepitaḥ — trembling; saḥhe, Muṣṭika; rudhiram — blood; udvaman — vomiting; mukhataḥ — from his mouth; arditaḥ — tormented; vyasuḥ — lifeless; papātahe fell; urvī — of the earth; upasthe — onto the lap; vāta — by the wind; āhataḥ — struck down; iva — like; ańghripaḥa tree.

TRANSLATION

Similarly, Muṣṭika struck Lord Balabhadra with his fist and was slain. Receiving a violent blow from the mighty Lord's palm, the demon trembled all over in great pain, vomited blood and then fell lifeless onto the ground, like a tree blown down by the wind.

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