Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 78: The Killing of Dantavakra, Vidūratha and Romaharṣaṇa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.78.1-2

śrī-śuka uvāca

śiśupālasya śālvasya

pauṇḍrakasyāpi durmatiḥ

para-loka-gatānāḿ ca

kurvan pārokṣya-sauhṛdam

ekaḥ padātiḥ sańkruddho

gadā-pāṇiḥ prakampayan

padbhyām imāḿ mahā-rāja

mahā-sattvo vyadṛśyata

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚukadeva Gosvāmī said; śiśupālasya — for Śiśupāla; śālvasyaŚālva; pauṇḍrakasyaPauṇḍraka; api — also; durmatiḥ — evil-hearted (Dantavakra); para-lokato the next world; gatānāḿ — who had gone; ca — and; kurvan — doing; pārokṣya — for those who have passed away; sauhṛdam — act of friendship; ekaḥ — alone; padātiḥ — on foot; sańkruddhaḥ — infuriated; gadāa club; pāṇiḥin his hand; prakampayan — making tremble; padbhyām — with his feet; imam — this (earth); mahā-rāja — 0 great King (Parīkṣit); mahā — great; sattvaḥ — whose physical power; vyadṛśyata — was seen.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Acting out of friendship for Śiśupāla, Śālva and Pauṇḍraka, who had all passed on to the next world, the wicked Dantavakra appeared on the battlefield in a great rage, O King. All alone, on foot and wielding a club in his hand, the mighty warrior shook the earth with his footsteps.

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