Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 8 Chapter 21 Verses 16-17

Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations | Chapter 21: Bali Mahārāja Arrested by the Lord

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.21.16-17

nandaḥ sunando 'tha jayo

vijayaḥ prabalo balaḥ

kumudaḥ kumudākṣaś ca

viṣvaksenaḥ patattrirāṭ

jayantaḥ śrutadevaś ca

puṣpadanto 'tha sātvataḥ

sarve nāgāyuta-prāṇāś

camūḿ te jaghnur āsurīm

SYNONYMS

nandaḥ sunandaḥ — the associates of Lord Viṣṇu such as Nanda and Sunanda; atha — in this way; jayaḥ vijayaḥ prabalaḥ balaḥ kumudaḥ kumudākṣaḥ ca viṣvaksenaḥ — as well as Jaya, Vijaya, Prabala, Bala, Kumada, Kumudākṣa and Viṣvaksena; patattri-rāṭ — Garuḍa, the king of the birds; jayantaḥ śrutadevaḥ ca puṣpadantaḥ atha sātvataḥ — Jayanta, Śrutadeva, Puṣpadanta and Sātvata; sarve — all of them; nāga-ayuta-prāṇāḥ — as powerful as ten thousand elephants; camūm — the soldiers of the demons; te — they; jaghnuḥ — killed; āsurīm — demoniac.

TRANSLATION

Nanda, Sunanda, Jaya, Vijaya, Prabala, Bala, Kumuda, Kumudākṣa, Viṣvaksena, Patattrirāṭ [Garuḍa], Jayanta, Śrutadeva, Puṣpadanta and Sātvata were all associates of Lord Viṣṇu. They were as powerful as ten thousand elephants, and now they began killing the soldiers of the demons.

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