Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 19: The Killing of the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.19.9

padā savyena tāḿ sādho

bhagavān yajña-sūkaraḥ

līlayā miṣataḥ śatroḥ

prāharad vāta-raḿhasam

SYNONYMS

padā — with His foot; savyena — left; tām — that mace; sādhoO Vidura; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; yajña-sūkaraḥin His boar form, the enjoyer of all sacrifices; līlayā — playfully; miṣataḥ — looking on; śatroḥ — of His enemy (Hiraṇyākṣa); prāharat — knocked down; vāta-raḿhasam — having the force of a tempest.

TRANSLATION

O saintly Vidura, while His enemy looked on, the Lord in His boar form, the enjoyer of all sacrificial offerings, playfully knocked down the mace with His left foot, even as it came upon Him with the force of a tempest.

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