Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 63: Lord Kṛṣṇa Fights with Bāṇāsura

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.63.20

tan-mātā koṭarā nāma

nagnā makta-śiroruhā

puro 'vatasthe kṛṣṇasya

putra-prāṇa-rirakṣayā

SYNONYMS

tat — his (Bāṇāsura's); mātā — mother; koṭarā nāma — named Koṭarā; nagnā — naked; mukta — loosened; śiraḥ-ruhā — her hair; puraḥin front; avatasthe — stood; kṛṣṇasya — of Kṛṣṇa; putra — her son's; prāṇa — life; rirakṣayā — hoping to save.

TRANSLATION

Just then Bāṇāsura's mother, Koṭarā, desiring to save her son's life, appeared before Lord Kṛṣṇa naked and with her hair undone.

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