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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.34.7

tasya cākranditaḿ śrutvā

gopālāḥ sahasotthitāḥ

grastaḿ ca dṛṣṭvā vibhrāntāḥ

sarpaḿ vivyadhur ulmukaiḥ

SYNONYMS

tasya — his; ca — and; ākranditam — the crying out; śrutvā — hearing; gopālāḥ — the cowherds; sahasā — suddenly; utthitāḥ — rising up; grastam — seized; ca — and; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; vibhrāntāḥ — disturbed; sarpam — the snake; vivyadhuḥ — they beat; ulmukaiḥ — with flaming torches.

TRANSLATION

When the cowherd men heard the cries of Nanda, they immediately rose up and saw that he was being swallowed. Distraught, they beat the serpent with blazing torches.

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