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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.13.32

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 32

Verse text

jaghāna rundhānam asahya-vikramaṁ
sa līlayebhaṁ mṛgarāḍ ivāmbhasi
tad-rakta-paṅkāṅkita-gaṇḍa-tuṇḍo
yathā gajendro jagatīṁ vibhindan


Synonyms

jaghānakilled — killed; rundhānamthe obstructive enemy — the obstructive enemy; asahyaunbearable — unbearable; vikramamprowess — prowess; saḥHe — He; līlayāeasily — easily; ibhamthe elephant — the elephant; mṛgathe lion-rāṭthe lion — the lion; ivalike — like; ambhasiin the water — in the water; tatof his blood-raktaof his blood — of his blood; paṅkasmeared by the pool-aṅkitasmeared by the pool — smeared by the pool; gaṇḍacheeks — cheeks; tuṇḍaḥtongue — tongue; yathāas if — as if; gajendraḥthe elephant — the elephant; jagatīmearth — earth; vibhindandigging — digging.


Translation

Thereupon Lord Boar killed the demon within the water, just as a lion kills an elephant. The cheeks and tongue of the Lord became smeared with the blood of the demon, just as an elephant becomes reddish from digging in the purple earth.

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