Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 59: The Killing of the Demon Naraka

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.59.21

śūlaḿ bhaumo 'cyutaḿ hantum

ādade vitathodyamaḥ

tad-visargāt pūrvam eva

narakasya śiro hariḥ

apāharad gaja-sthasya

cakreṇa kṣura-neminā

SYNONYMS

śūlam — his trident; bhaumaḥBhauma; acyutam — Lord Kṛṣṇa; hantumto kill; ādade — took up; vitatha — frustrated; udyamaḥ — whose endeavors; tat — its; visargāt — release; pūrvam — before; eva — even; narakasya — of Bhauma; śiraḥ — the head; hariḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; apāharat — removed; gaja — on his elephant; sthasya — who was seated; cakreṇa — with His disc; kṣura — razor-sharp; neminā — whose edge.

TRANSLATION

Bhauma, frustrated in all his attempts, took up his trident to kill Lord Kṛṣṇa. But even before he could release it, the Lord cut off his head with His razor-sharp cakra as the demon sat atop his elephant.

PURPORT

According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī, as Bhauma raised his invincible trident, Satyabhāmā, sitting on Garuḍa with the Lord, said to Kṛṣṇa, "Kill him right away," and Kṛṣṇa did just that.

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