Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 34: Nanda Mahārāja Saved and Śańkhacūḍa Slain

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.34.29

sa vīkṣya tāv anuprāptau

kāla-mṛtyū ivodvijan

viṣṛjya strī-janaḿ mūḍhaḥ

prādravaj jīvitecchayā

SYNONYMS

saḥhe, Śańkhacūḍa; vīkṣya — seeing; tau — the two; anuprāptau — approached; kāla-mṛtyū — Time and Death; ivaas; udvijan — becoming anxious; visṛjya — leaving aside; strī-janam — the women; mūḍhaḥ — confused; prādravat — ran away; jīvita — his life; icchayā — with the desire of preserving.

TRANSLATION

When Śańkhacūḍa saw the two of Them coming toward him like the personified forces of Time and Death, he was filled with anxiety. Confused, he abandoned the women and fled for his life.

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