Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 55: The History of Pradyumna |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.55.22
bādhyamāno 'stra-varṣeṇa
raukmiṇeyo mahā-rathaḥ
sattvātmikāḿ mahā-vidyāḿ
sarva-māyopamardinīm
SYNONYMS
bādhyamānaḥ — harassed; astra — of weapons; varṣeṇa — by the rain; raukmiṇeyaḥ — Pradyumna, son of Rukmiṇī; mahā-rathaḥ — the powerful warrior; sattva-ātmikām — produced of the mode of goodness; mahā-vidyām — (He utilized) the mystic knowledge called Mahā-māyā; sarva — all; mayā — magic; upamardinīm — which overcomes.
TRANSLATION
Harassed by this rain of weapons, Lord Raukmiṇeya, the greatly powerful warrior, made use of the mystic science called Mahā-māyā, which was created from the mode of goodness and which could defeat all other mystic power.
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