Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 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; pauṇḍrakam — Pauṇḍraka; śiraḥ — his head; avṛścat — He cut off; ratha-ańgena — with His Sudarśana disc; vajreṇa — with his thunderbolt weapon; indraḥ — Lord Indra; yathā — as; 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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