SB 10.63.22
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 22
vidrāvite bhūta-gaṇe
jvaras tu trī-śirās trī-pāt
abhyadhāvata dāśārhaṁ
dahann iva diśo daśa
SYNONYMS
vidrāvite—having been driven away; bhūta-gaṇe—all the followers of Lord Śiva; jvaraḥ—the personification of fever who serves him, Lord Śiva; tu—but; tri—three; śirāḥ—having heads; tri—three; pāt—having feet; abhyadhāvata—ran toward; dāśārham—Lord Kṛṣṇa; dahan—burning; iva—as if it were; diśaḥ—the directions; daśa—ten.
TRANSLATION
After Lord Śiva's followers had been driven away, the Śiva-jvara, who had three heads and three feet, pressed forward to attack Lord Kṛṣṇa. As the Śiva-jvara approached, he seemed to burn everything in the ten directions.
PURPORT
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī quotes the following description of the Śiva-jvara:
- jvaras tri-padas tri-śirāḥ
- ṣaḍ-bhujo nava-locanaḥ
- bhasma-praharaṇo raudraḥ
- kālāntaka-yamopamaḥ
"The terrible Śiva-jvara had three legs, three heads, six arms and nine eyes. Showering ashes, he resembled Yamarāja at the time of universal annihilation."