Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 66: Pauṇḍraka, the False Vasudeva

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.66.21

iti kṣiptvā śitair bāṇair

virathī-kṛtya pauṇḍrakam

śiro 'vṛścad rathāńgena

vajreṇendro yathā gireḥ

SYNONYMS

iti — with these words; kṣiptvā — deriding; śitaiḥ — sharp; bāṇaiḥ — with His arrows; virathī — chariotless; kṛtya — making; pauṇḍrakamPauṇḍraka; śiraḥ — his head; avṛścatHe cut off; ratha-ańgena — with His Sudarśana disc; vajreṇa — with his thunderbolt weapon; indraḥ — Lord Indra; yathāas; gireḥ — of a mountain.

TRANSLATION

Having thus derided Pauṇḍraka, Lord Kṛṣṇa destroyed his chariot with His sharp arrows. The Lord then cut off his head with the Sudarśana disc, just as Lord Indra lops off a mountain peak with his thunderbolt weapon.

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