Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 36 Verse 1

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 36: The Slaying of Arista, the Bull Demon

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.36.1

śrī bādarāyaṇir uvāca

atha tarhy āgato goṣṭham

ariṣṭo vṛṣabhāsuraḥ

mahīm mahā-kakut-kāyaḥ

kampayan khura-vikṣatām

SYNONYMS

śrī bādarāyaṇiḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; atha — next; tarhi — then; āgataḥ — came; goṣṭham — to the cowherd village; ariṣṭaḥ — named Ariṣṭa; vṛṣabha-asuraḥ — the bull demon; mahīm — the earth; mahā — great; kakut — having a hump; kāyaḥ — whose body; kampayan — making tremble; khura — by his hooves; vikṣatām — torn.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Goswāmī said: The demon Ariṣṭa then came to the cowherd village. Appearing in the form of a bull with a large hump, he made the earth tremble as he tore it apart with his hooves.

PURPORT

According to the Śrī Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Ariṣṭāsura entered Kṛṣṇa's village at twilight, as the Lord prepared to dance with the gopīs:

prodoṣārdhe kadācit tu

rāsāsakte janārdane

trāsayan sa-mado goṣṭham

ariṣṭaḥ sampāgataḥ

"Once, midway through the period of dusk, when Lord Janārdana was eager to perform the rāsa dance, Ariṣṭāsura madly entered the cowherd village, terrifying everyone."

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