Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.62.31

sa taḿ praviṣṭaḿ vṛtam ātatāyibhir

bhaṭair anīkair avalokya mādhavaḥ

udyamya maurvaḿ parighaḿ vyavasthito

yathāntako daṇḍa-dharo jighāḿsayā

SYNONYMS

saḥ — He, Aniruddha; tam — him, Bāṇāsura; praviṣṭam — entered; vṛtam — surrounded; ātatāyibhiḥ — who were carrying weapons; bhaṭaiḥ — by guards; anīkaiḥ — numerous; avalokya — seeing; mādhavaḥ — Aniruddha; udyamya — raising; maurvam — made of muru iron; parigham — His club; vyavasthitaḥ — standing firm; yathā — like; anṭakaḥ — death personified; daṇḍa — the rod of punishment; dharaḥ — bearing; jighāḿsayā — ready to strike.

TRANSLATION

Seeing Bāṇāsura enter with many armed guards, Aniruddha raised His iron club and stood resolute, ready to strike anyone who attacked Him. He resembled death personified holding his rod of punishment.

PURPORT

The club was not made of ordinary iron but of a special kind called muru.

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