🪷 ŚB 3.18.6

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

स तुद्यमानोऽरिदुरुक्ततोमरै- र्दंष्ट्राग्रगां गामुपलक्ष्य भीताम् । तोदं मृषन्निरगादम्बुमध्याद् ग्राहाहत: सकरेणुर्यथेभ: ॥ ६ ॥

Transliteration

sa tudyamāno ’ri-durukta-tomarair daṁṣṭrāgra-gāṁ gām upalakṣya bhītām todaṁ mṛṣan niragād ambu-madhyād grāhāhataḥ sa-kareṇur yathebhaḥ
Synonyms
saḥ — He; tudyamānaḥ — being pained; ari — of the enemy; durukta — by the abusive words; tomaraiḥ — by the weapons; daṁṣṭra-agra — on the ends of His tusks; gām — situated; gām — the earth; upalakṣya — seeing; bhītām — frightened; todam — the pain; mṛṣan — bearing; niragāt — He came out; ambu-madhyāt — from the midst of the water; grāha — by a crocodile; āhataḥ — attacked; sa-kareṇuḥ — along with a she-elephant; yathā — as; ibhaḥ — an elephant.

Translation

Although the Lord was pained by the shaftlike abusive words of the demon, He bore the pain. But seeing that the earth on the ends of His tusks was frightened, He rose out of the water just as an elephant emerges with its female companion when assailed by an alligator.

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