Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 6 Verses 15-17

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 6: The Killing of the Demon Pūtanā

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.6.15-17

īṣā-mātrogra-daḿṣṭrāsyaḿ

giri-kandara-nāsikam

gaṇḍa-śaila-stanaḿ raudraḿ

prakīrṇāruṇa-mūrdhajam

andha-kūpa-gabhīrākṣaḿ

pulināroha-bhīṣaṇam

baddha-setu-bhujorv-ańghri

śūnya-toya-hradodaram

santatrasuḥ sma tad vīkṣya

gopā gopyaḥ kalevaram

pūrvaḿ tu tan-niḥsvanita-

bhinna-hṛt-karṇa-mastakāḥ

SYNONYMS

īṣā-mātra — like the front of a plow; ugra — fierce; daḿṣṭra — the teeth; āsyam — having a mouth in which; giri-kandara — like mountain caves; nāsikam — the nostrils of whom; gaṇḍa-śaila — like big slabs of stone; stanam — the breasts of whom; raudram — very fierce; prakīrṇa — scattered; aruṇa-mūrdha-jam — whose hair was the color of copper; andha-kūpa — like blind wells; gabhīra — deep; akṣam — eye sockets; pulina-āroha-bhīṣaṇam — whose thighs were fearful like the banks of a river; baddha-setu-bhuja-uru-ańghri — whose arms, thighs and feet were strongly built bridges; śūnya-toya-hrada-udaram — whose abdomen was like a lake without water; santatrasuḥ sma — became frightened; tat — that; vīkṣya — seeing; gopāḥ — the cowherd men; gopyaḥ — and the cowherd women; kalevaram — such a gigantic body; pūrvam tu — before that; tat-niḥsvanita — because of her loud vibration; bhinna — were shocked; hṛt — whose hearts; karṇa — ears; mastakāḥ — and heads.

TRANSLATION

The Rākṣasī's mouth was full of teeth, each resembling the front of a plow, her nostrils were deep like mountain caves, and her breasts resembled big slabs of stone fallen from a hill. Her scattered hair was the color of copper. The sockets of her eyes appeared like deep blind wells, her fearful thighs resembled the banks of a river, her arms, legs and feet seemed like big bridges, and her abdomen appeared like a dried-up lake. The hearts, ears and heads of the cowherd men and women were already shocked by the Rākṣasī's screaming, and when they saw the fierce wonder of her body, they were even more frightened.

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