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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.19.25
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 25
- taṁ muṣṭibhir vinighnantaṁ
- vajra-sārair adhokṣajaḥ
- kareṇa karṇa-mūle 'han
- yathā tvāṣṭraṁ marut-patiḥ
tamHiraṇyākṣa — Hiraṇyākṣa; muṣṭibhiḥwith his fists — with his fists; vinighnantamstriking — striking; vajraas hard as a thunderbolt-sāraiḥas hard as a thunderbolt — as hard as a thunderbolt; adhokṣajaḥLord Adhokṣaja — Lord Adhokṣaja; kareṇawith the hand — with the hand; karṇaat the root of the ear-mūleat the root of the ear — at the root of the ear; ahanstruck — struck; yathāas — as; tvāṣṭramthe demon Vṛtra (son of Tvaṣṭā) — the demon Vṛtra (son of Tvaṣṭā); marutIndra (lord of the Maruts)-patiḥIndra (lord of the Maruts) — Indra (lord of the Maruts).
The demon now began to strike the Lord with his hard fists, but Lord Adhokṣaja slapped him in the root of the ear, even as Indra, the lord of the Maruts, hit the demon Vṛtra.
The Lord is explained here to be adhokṣaja, beyond the reach of all material calculation. Akṣaja means "the measurement of our senses," and adhokṣaja means "that which is beyond the measurement of our senses."