SB 10.37.32
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 32
- taṁ nigṛhyācyuto dorbhyāṁ
- pātayitvā mahī-tale
- paśyatāṁ divi devānāṁ
- paśu-māram amārayat
SYNONYMS
tam—him; nigṛhya—holding fast; acyutaḥ—Lord Kṛṣṇa; dorbhyām—with His arms; pātayitvā—making him fall; mahī-tale—onto the ground; paśyatām—while they were watching; divi—in the heavenly planets; devānām—the demigods; paśu-māram—as a sacrificial animal is slaughtered; amārayat—He killed him.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
Lord Acyuta clutched Vyomāsura between His arms and threw him to the ground. Then, while the demigods in heaven looked on, Kṛṣṇa killed him in the same way that one kills a sacrificial animal.
PURPORT
The ācāryas inform us that sacrificial animals were killed by means of strangulation.