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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.63.32

tasyāsyato 'strāṇy asakṛc

cakreṇa kṣura-neminā

ciccheda bhagavān bāhūn

śākhā iva vanaspateḥ

SYNONYMS

tasya — of him; asyataḥ — who was throwing; astrāṇi — weapons; asakṛt — repeatedly; cakreṇa — with His disc; kṣura — razor-sharp; neminā — whose circumference; ciccheda — cut off; bhagavān — the Supreme Lord; bāhūn — the arms; śākhāḥ — branches; ivaas if; vanaspateḥ — of a tree.

TRANSLATION

As Bāṇa continued hurling weapons at Him, the Supreme Lord began using His razor-sharp cakra to cut off Bāṇāsura's arms as if they were tree branches.

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