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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.77.35

ādhāvataḥ sa-gadaḿ tasya bāhuḿ

bhallena chittvātha rathāńgam adbhutam

vadhāya śālvasya layārka-sannibhaḿ

bibhrad babhau sārka ivodayācalaḥ

SYNONYMS

ādhāvataḥ — running toward Him; sa-gadam — carrying his club; tasya — his; bāhum — arm; bhallena — with a special kind of arrow; chittvā — severing; atha — then; ratha-ańgam — His disc weapon; adbhutam — wonderful; vadhāya — for the killing; śālvasya — of Śālva; laya — at the time of universal annihilation; arka — the sun; sannibham — exactly resembling; bibhrat — holding; babhauHe shone; sa-arkaḥ — together with the sun; ivaas if; udaya — of the sunrise; acalaḥ — the mountain.

TRANSLATION

As Śālva rushed at Him, the Lord shot a bhalla dart and cut off his arm that held the club. Having finally decided to kill Śālva, Kṛṣṇa then raised His Sudarśana disc weapon, which resembled the sun at the time of universal annihilation. The brilliantly shining Lord appeared like the easternmost mountain bearing the rising sun.

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