SB 9.15.21

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Ninth Canto - Chapter 15: Paraśurāma, the Lord's Warrior Incarnation

SB 9.15.20 - SB 9.15.22

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 21

viplāvitaṁ sva-śibiraṁ

pratisrotaḥ-sarij-jalaiḥ

nāmṛṣyat tasya tad vīryaṁ

vīramānī daśānanaḥ

SYNONYMS

viplāvitam — having been inundated; sva-śibiram — his own camp; pratisrotaḥ — which was flowing in the opposite direction; sarit-jalaiḥ — by the water of the river; na — not; amṛṣyat — could tolerate; tasya — of Kārtavīryārjuna; tat vīryam — that influence; vīramānī — considering himself very heroic; daśa-ānanaḥ — the ten-headed Rāvaṇa.

TRANSLATION

Because Kārtavīryārjuna made the water flow in the opposite direction, the camp of Rāvaṇa, which was set up on the bank of the Narmadā near the city of Māhiṣmatī, was inundated. This was unbearable to the ten-headed Rāvaṇa, who considered himself a great hero and could not tolerate Kārtavīryārjuna's power.

PURPORT

Rāvaṇa was out touring to gain victory over all other countries (dig-vijaya), and he had camped on the bank of the Narmadā River near the city of Māhiṣmatī.

SB 9.15.20 - SB 9.15.22