Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 26: Wonderful Kṛṣṇa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.26.12

āśī-viṣatamāhīndraḿ

damitvā vimadaḿ hradāt

prasahyodvāsya yamunāḿ

cakre 'sau nirviṣodakām

SYNONYMS

āśī — of his fangs; viṣa-tama — having the most powerful poison; ahi — of the snakes; indram — the chief; damitvā — subduing; vimadam — whose pride was removed; hradāt — from the lake; prasahya — by force; udvāsya — sending him away; yamunām — the river Yamunā; cakremade; asauHe; nirviṣa — free from poison; udakām — its water.

TRANSLATION

Kṛṣṇa chastised the most poisonous serpent, Kāliya, and after humbling him He drove him forcibly from the lake of the Yamunā. In this way the Lord made the water of that river free of the snake's powerful poison.

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