Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 59: The Killing of the Demon Naraka

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.59.14

tān pīṭha-mukhyān anayad yama-kṣayaḿ

nikṛtta-śīrṣoru-bhujāńghri-varmaṇaḥ

svānīka-pān acyuta-cakra-sāyakais

tathā nirastān narako dharā-sutaḥ

nirīkṣya durmarṣaṇa āsravan-madair

gajaiḥ payodhi-prabhavair nirākramāt

SYNONYMS

tān — them; pīṭha-mukhyān — headed by Pīṭha; anayatHe sent; yama — of Yamarāja, the lord of death; kṣayamto the abode; nikṛtta — cut off; śīrṣa — their heads; ūru — thighs; bhuja — arms; ańghri — legs; varmaṇaḥ — and armor; sva — his; anīka — of the army; pān — the leaders; acyuta — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; cakra — by the disc; sāyakaiḥ — and arrows; tathā — thus; nirastān — removed; narakaḥBhauma; dharā — of the goddess of the earth; sutaḥ — the son; nirīkṣya — seeing; durmarṣaṇaḥ — unable to tolerate; āsravat — exuding; madaiḥa viscous secretion produced from the foreheads of excited elephants; gajaiḥ — with elephants; payaḥ-dhi — from the ocean of milk; prabhavaiḥ — born; nirākramāthe came out.

TRANSLATION

The Lord severed the heads, thighs, arms, legs and armor of these opponents led by Pīṭha and sent them all to the abode of Yamarāja. Narakāsura, the son of the earth, could not contain his fury when he saw the fate of his military leaders. Thus he went out of the citadel with elephants born from the Milk Ocean who were exuding mada from their foreheads out of excitement.

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