Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 77: Lord Kṛṣṇa Slays the Demon Śālva

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.77.17-18

yat tvayā mūḍha naḥ sakhyur

bhrātur bhāryā hṛtekṣatām

pramattaḥ sa sabhā-madhye

tvayā vyāpāditaḥ sakhā

taḿ tvādya niśitair bāṇair

aparājita-māninam

nayāmy apunar-āvṛttiḿ

yadi tiṣṭher mamāgrataḥ

SYNONYMS

yatsince; tvayā — by You; mūḍhaO fool; naḥ — our; sakhyuḥ — of the friend (Śiśupāla); bhrātuḥ — of (Your) brother (or more exactly, cousin); bhāryā — the bride; hṛtā — taken away; īkṣatāmas (we) looked on; pramattaḥ — inattentive; saḥhe, Śiśupāla; sabhā — the assembly (of the Rājasūya sacrifice); madhye — within; tvayā — by You; vyāpāditaḥ — killed; sakhā — my friend; tam tvā — You Yourself; adya — today; niśitaiḥ — sharp; bāṇaiḥ — with arrows; aparājita — invincible; māninam — who presume Yourself; nayāmiI will send; apunaḥ-āvṛttimto the realm of no return; yadi — if; tiṣṭheḥ — You will stand; mama — of me; agrataḥin front.

TRANSLATION

[Śālva said:] You fool! Because in our presence You kidnapped the bride of our friend Śiśupāla, Your own cousin, and because You later murdered him in the sacred assembly while he was inattentive, today with my sharp arrows I will send You to the land of no return! Though You think Yourself invincible, I will kill You now if You dare stand before me.

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