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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.7.18
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 18
- tam āpatantaṁ sa vilakṣya dūrāt
- kumāra-hodvigna-manā rathena
- parādravat prāṇa-parīpsur urvyāṁ
- yāvad-gamaṁ rudra-bhayād yathā kaḥ
tamhim — him; āpatantamcoming over furiously — coming over furiously; saḥhe — he; vilakṣyaseeing — seeing; dūrātfrom a distance — from a distance; kumārathe murderer of the princes-hāthe murderer of the princes — the murderer of the princes; udvignadisturbed in mind-manāḥdisturbed in mind — disturbed in mind; rathenaon the chariot — on the chariot; parādravatfled — fled; prāṇalife — life; parīpsuḥfor protecting — for protecting; urvyāmwith great speed — with great speed; yāvatas he fled-gamamas he fled — as he fled; rudraby fear of Śiva-bhayātby fear of Śiva — by fear of Śiva; yathāas — as; kaḥBrahmā (or arkaḥ —Sūrya) — Brahmā (or arkaḥ—Sūrya).
Aśvatthāmā, the murderer of the princes, seeing from a great distance Arjuna coming at him with great speed, fled in his chariot, panic stricken, just to save his life, as Brahmā fled in fear from Śiva.
According to the reading matter, either kaḥ or arkaḥ, there are two references in the Purāṇas. Kaḥ means Brahmā, who once became allured by his daughter and began to follow her, which infuriated Śiva, who attacked Brahmā with his trident. Brahmājī fled in fear of his life. As far as arkaḥ is concerned, there is a reference in the Vāmana Purāṇa. There was a demon by the name Vidyunmālī who was gifted with a glowing golden airplane which traveled to the back of the sun, and night disappeared because of the glowing effulgence of this plane. Thus the sun-god became angry, and with his virulent rays he melted the plane. This enraged Lord Śiva. Lord Śiva then attacked the sun-god, who fled away and at last fell down at Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), and the place became famous as Lolārka.