SB 10.63.15

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 63: Lord Kṛṣṇa Fights with Bāṇāsura

SB 10.63.14

SB 10.63.16

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 15

skandaḥ pradyumna-bāṇaughair
ardyamānaḥ samantataḥ
asṛg vimuñcan gātrebhyaḥ
śikhināpakramad raṇāt

SYNONYMS

skandaḥ—Kārtikeya; pradyumna-bāṇa—of Pradyumna's arrows; oghaiḥ—by the torrents; ardyamānaḥ—distressed; samantataḥ—on all sides; asṛk—blood; vimuñcan—exuding; gātrebhyaḥ—from his limbs; śikhinā—on his peacock carrier; apākramat—went away; raṇāt—from the battlefield.

TRANSLATION

Lord Kārtikeya was distressed by the flood of Pradyumna's arrows raining down from all sides, and thus he fled the battlefield on his peacock as blood poured from his limbs.