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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.66.41

cakraḿ ca viṣṇos tad-anupraviṣṭaḿ

vārānasīḿ sāṭṭa-sabhālayāpaṇām

sa-gopurāṭṭālaka-koṣṭha-sańkulāḿ

sa-kośa-hasty-aśva-rathānna-śālinīm

SYNONYMS

cakram — the disc; ca — and; viṣṇoḥ — of Lord Viṣṇu; tatit (the fire demon); anupraviṣṭam — entering in pursuit; vārāṇasīmVārāṇasī; sa — with; aṭṭa — raised porches; sabhā — its assembly halls; ālaya — residences; āpaṇām — and marketplaces; sa — with; gopura — gateways; aṭṭālaka — watchtowers; koṣṭha — and warehouses; sańkulām — crowded; sa — with; kośa — banks; hasti — for elephants; aśva — horses; ratha — chariots; anna — and grains; śālinīm — with the buildings.

TRANSLATION

Lord Viṣṇu's disc also entered Vārāṇasī, in pursuit of the fiery demon, and proceeded to burn the city to the ground, including all its assembly halls and residential palaces with raised porches, its numerous marketplaces, gateways, watchtowers, warehouses and treasuries, and all the buildings housing elephants, horses, chariots and grains.

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