Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 63 Verses 10-11

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 63: Lord Kṛṣṇa Fights with Bāṇāsura

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.63.10-11

śańkarānucarān śaurir

bhūta-pramatha-guhyakān

ḍākinīr yātudhānāḿś ca

vetālān sa-vināyakān

preta-mātṛ-piśācāḿś ca

kuṣmāṇḍān brahma-rākṣasān

drāvayām āsa tīkṣṇāgraiḥ

śaraiḥ śārńga-dhanuś-cyutaiḥ

SYNONYMS

śańkara — of Lord Śiva; anucarān — the followers; śauriḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; bhūta-pramatha — Bhūtas and Pramathas; guhyakān — Guhyakas (servants of Kuvera who help him guard the treasury of heaven); ḍākinīḥ — female demons who attend Goddess Kālī; yātudhānān — man-eating demons, also known as Rākṣasas; ca — and; vetālān — vampires; sa-vināyakān — together with Vināyakas; preta — ghosts; mātṛ — maternal demons; piśācān — meat-eating demons who live in the middle regions of outer space; ca — also; kuṣmāṇḍān — followers of Lord Śiva who engage in breaking the meditation of yogīs; brahma-rākṣasān — the demoniac spirits of brāhmaṇas who have died sinfully; drāvayām āsa — He drove away; tīkṣṇa-agraiḥ — sharp-pointed; śaraiḥ — with His arrows; śārńga-dhanuḥ — from His bow, named Śārńga; cyutaiḥ — discharged.

TRANSLATION

With sharp-pointed arrows discharged from His bow Śārńga, Lord Kṛṣṇa drove away the various followers of Lord Śiva — Bhūtas, Pramathas, Guhyakas, Ḍākinīs, Yātudhānas, Vetālas, Vināyakas, Pretas, Mātās, Piśācas, Kuṣmāṇḍas and Brahma-rākṣasas.

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