Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 37 Verse 32

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 37: The Killing of the Demons Keśi and Vyoma

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.37.32

taḿ nigṛhyācyuto dorbhyāḿ

pātayitvā mahī-tale

paśyatāḿ divi devānāḿ

paśu-māram amārayat

SYNONYMS

tam — him; nigṛhya — holding fast; acyutaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; dorbhyām — with His arms; pātayitvā — making him fall; mahī-tale — onto the ground; paśyatām — while they were watching; divi — in the heavenly planets; devānām — the demigods; paśu-māram — as a sacrificial animal is slaughtered; amārayat — He killed him.

TRANSLATION

Lord Acyuta clutched Vyomāsura between His arms and threw him to the ground. Then, while the demigods in heaven looked on, Kṛṣṇa killed him in the same way that one kills a sacrificial animal.

PURPORT

The ācāryas inform us that sacrificial animals were killed by means of strangulation.

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