Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 66 Verses 32-33

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 66: Pauṇḍraka, the False Vasudeva

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.66.32-33

tato 'gnir utthitaḥ kuṇḍān

mūrtimān ati-bhīṣaṇaḥ

tapta-tāmra-śikhā-śmaśrur

ańgārodgāri-locanaḥ

daḿṣṭrogra-bhru-kuṭī-daṇḍa-

kaṭhorāsyaḥ sva-jihvayā

ālihan sṛkvaṇī nagno

vidhunvaḿs tri-śikhaḿ jvalat

SYNONYMS

tataḥ — then; agniḥ — the fire; utthitaḥ — rose up; kuṇḍāt — from the sacrificial altar pit; mūrti-mān — assuming a personal form; ati — extremely; bhīṣaṇaḥ — fearsome; tapta — molten; tāmra — (like) copper; śikhā — the tuft of hair on whose head; śmaśruḥ — and whose beard; ańgāra — hot cinders; udgāri — emitting; locanaḥ — whose eyes; daḿṣṭra — with his teeth; ugra — terrible; bhru — of the eyebrows; kuṭī — of the furrowing; daṇḍa — and with the arch; kaṭhora — harsh; āsyaḥ — whose face; sva — his; jihvayā — with the tongue; ālihan — licking; sṛkvaṇī — both corners of his mouth; nagnaḥ — naked; vidhunvan — shaking; tri-śikham — his trident; jvalat — ablaze.

TRANSLATION

Thereupon the fire rose up out of the altar pit, assuming the form of an extremely fearsome, naked person. The fiery creature's beard and tuft of hair were like molten copper, and his eyes emitted blazing hot cinders. His face looked most frightful with its fangs and terrible arched and furrowed brows. As he licked the corners of his mouth with his tongue, the demon shook his flaming trident.

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