SB 8.21.16-17
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXTS 16-17
- nandaḥ sunando 'tha jayo
- vijayaḥ prabalo balaḥ
- kumudaḥ kumudākṣaś ca
- viṣvaksenaḥ patattrirāṭ
- jayantaḥ śrutadevaś ca
- puṣpadanto 'tha sātvataḥ
- sarve nāgāyuta-prāṇāś
- camūṁ te jaghnur āsurīm
SYNONYMS
nandaḥ sunandaḥ—the associates of Lord Viṣṇu such as Nanda and Sunanda; atha—in this way; jayaḥ vijayaḥ prabalaḥ balaḥ kumudaḥ kumudākṣaḥ ca viṣvaksenaḥ—as well as Jaya, Vijaya, Prabala, Bala, Kumada, Kumudākṣa and Viṣvaksena; patattri-rāṭ—Garuḍa, the king of the birds; jayantaḥ śrutadevaḥ ca puṣpadantaḥ atha sātvataḥ—Jayanta, Śrutadeva, Puṣpadanta and Sātvata; sarve—all of them; nāga-ayuta-prāṇāḥ—as powerful as ten thousand elephants; camūm—the soldiers of the demons; te—they; jaghnuḥ—killed; āsurīm—demoniac.
TRANSLATION
Nanda, Sunanda, Jaya, Vijaya, Prabala, Bala, Kumuda, Kumudākṣa, Viṣvaksena, Patattrirāṭ [Garuḍa], Jayanta, Śrutadeva, Puṣpadanta and Sātvata were all associates of Lord Viṣṇu. They were as powerful as ten thousand elephants, and now they began killing the soldiers of the demons.