Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 62: The Meeting of Ūṣā and Aniruddha

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.62.32

jighṛkṣayā tān paritaḥ prasarpataḥ

śuno yathā śūkara-yūthapo 'hanat

te hanyamānā bhavanād vinirgatā

nirbhinna-mūrdhoru-bhujāḥ pradudruvuḥ

SYNONYMS

jighṛkṣayā — wanting to grab Him; tān — them; paritaḥ — on all sides; prasarpataḥ — approaching; śunaḥ — dogs; yathāas; śūkara — of hogs; yūtha — of a group; paḥ — the leader; ahanatHe struck; te — they; hanyamānāḥ — being struck; bhavanāt — from the palace; vinirgatāḥ — went out; nirbhinna — broken; mūrdha — their heads; ūru — thighs; bhujāḥ — and arms; pradudruvuḥ — they fled.

TRANSLATION

As the guards converged on Him from all sides, trying to capture Him, Aniruddha struck them just as the leader of a pack of boars strikes back at dogs. Hit by His blows, the guards fled the palace, running for their lives with shattered heads, thighs and arms.

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