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Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 72: The Slaying of the Demon Jarāsandha

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 43

ekam pādaṁ padākramya
dorbhyām anyaṁ pragṛhya saḥ
gudataḥ pāṭayām āsa
śākham iva mahā-gajaḥ

SYNONYMS

ekam—one; pādam—leg; padā—with his foot; ākramya—standing on top of; dorbhyām—with his two hands; anyam—the other; pragṛhya—taking hold of; saḥ—he; gudataḥ—beginning from the anus; pāṭayām āsa—tore him asunder; śākhām—a tree branch; iva—as; mahā—great; gajaḥ—an elephant.

TRANSLATION

Bhīma pressed down on one leg with his foot while grabbing Jarāsandha's other leg in his hands, and just as a great elephant might break the branch of a tree, Bhīma tore Jarāsandha apart from the anus upward.

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