Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 59 Verse 11

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 59: The Killing of the Demon Naraka

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.59.11

vyasuḥ papātāmbhasi kṛtta-śīrṣo

nikṛtta-śṛńgo 'drir ivendra-tejasā

tasyātmajāḥ sapta pitur vadhāturāḥ

pratikriyāmarṣa-juṣaḥ samudyatāḥ

SYNONYMS

vyasuḥ — lifeless; papāta — he fell; ambhasi — into the water; kṛtta — severed; śīrṣaḥ — his heads; nikṛtta — cut off; śṛńgaḥ — whose peak; adriḥ — a mountain; iva — as if; indra — of Lord Indra; tejasā — by the power (that is, by his thunderbolt); tasya — his, Mura's; ātma-jāḥ — sons; sapta — seven; pituḥ — of their father; vadha — by the killing; āturāḥ — very distressed; pratikriyā — for retribution; amarṣa — fury; juṣaḥ — feeling; samudyatāḥ — aroused to action.

TRANSLATION

Lifeless, Mura's decapitated body fell into the water like a mountain whose peak has been severed by the power of Lord Indra's thunderbolt. The demon's seven sons, enraged by their father's death, prepared to retaliate.

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