Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 46 Verse 24

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 46: Uddhava Visits Vṛndāvana

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.46.24

kaḿsaḿ nāgāyuta-prāṇaḿ

mallau gaja-patiḿ yathā

avadhiṣṭāḿ līlayaiva

paśūn iva mṛgādhipaḥ

SYNONYMS

kaḿsam — Kaḿsa; nāga — of elephants; ayuta — ten thousand; prāṇam — whose vital strength; mallau — the two wrestlers (Cāṇūra and Muṣṭika); gaja-patim — the king of the elephants (Kuvalayāpīḍa); yathā — inasmuch as; avadhiṣṭām — the two of Them killed; līlayā — as a game; eva — simply; paśūn — animals; iva — as; mṛga-adhipaḥ — the lion, king of animals.

TRANSLATION

After all, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma killed Kaḿsa, who was as strong as ten thousand elephants, as well as the wrestlers Cāṇūra and Muṣṭika and the elephant Kuvalayāpīḍa. They killed them all sportingly, as easily as a lion disposes of small animals.

PURPORT

Here Nanda means to say, "Not only did Garga Muni declare that these boys are divine, but just see what They have done! Everyone is talking about it."

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