SB 12.8.25

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Twelfth Canto, Chapter 8: Mārkaṇḍeya's Prayers to Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi

SB 12.8.24

SB 12.8.26

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 25

sandadhe 'straṁ sva-dhanuṣi
kāmaḥ pañca-mukhaṁ tadā
madhur mano rajas-toka
indra-bhṛtyā vyakampayan

SYNONYMS

sandadhe—he fixed; astram—the weapon; sva-dhanuṣi—upon his bow; kāmaḥ—Cupid; pañca-mukham—having five heads (sight, sound, smell, touch and taste); tadā—then; madhuḥ—spring; manaḥ—the mind of the sage; rajaḥ-tokaḥ—the child of passion, greed; indra-bhṛtyāḥ—the servants of Indra; vyakampayan—attempted to agitate.

TRANSLATION

While the son of passion [greed personified], spring and the other servants of Indra all tried to agitate Mārkaṇḍeya's mind, Cupid drew his five-headed arrow and fixed it upon his bow.