Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 18: The Battle Between Lord Boar and the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.18.18

evaḿ gadābhyāḿ gurvībhyāḿ

haryakṣo harir eva ca

jigīṣayā susaḿrabdhāv

anyonyam abhijaghnatuḥ

SYNONYMS

evamin this way; gadābhyām — with their maces; gurvībhyām — huge; haryakṣaḥ — the demon Haryakṣa (Hiraṇyākṣa); hariḥ — Lord Hari; eva — certainly; ca — and; jigīṣayā — with a desire for victory; susaḿrabdhau — enraged; anyonyam — each other; abhijaghnatuḥ — they struck.

TRANSLATION

In this way, the demon Haryakṣa and the Lord, the Personality of Godhead, struck each other with their huge maces, each enraged and seeking his own victory.

PURPORT

Haryakṣa is another name for Hiraṇyākṣa, the demon.

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