Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 77: Lord Kṛṣṇa Slays the Demon Śālva

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.77.12

śālvaś ca kṛṣṇam ālokya

hata-prāya-baleśvaraḥ

prāharat kṛṣṇa-sūtaya

śaktiḿ bhīma-ravāḿ mṛdhe

SYNONYMS

śālvaḥŚālva; ca — and; kṛṣṇam — Lord Kṛṣṇa; ālokya — seeing; hata — destroyed; prāya — virtually; bala — of an army; īśvaraḥ — the master; prāharathe cast; kṛṣṇa-sūtāya — at Kṛṣṇa's chariot driver; śaktim — his spear; bhīma — frightening; ravām — whose roaring sound; mṛdhe — on the battlefield.

TRANSLATION

When Śālva, the master of a decimated army, saw Lord Kṛṣṇa approaching, he hurled his spear at the Lord's charioteer. The spear roared frighteningly as it flew across the battlefield.

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