SB 10.66.21

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 66: Pauṇḍraka, the False Vasudeva

SB 10.66.20

SB 10.66.22

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 21

iti kṣiptvā śitair bāṇair
virathī-kṛtya pauṇḍrakam
śiro 'vṛścad rathāṅgena
vajreṇendro yathā gireḥ

SYNONYMS

iti—with these words; kṣiptvā—deriding; śitaiḥ—sharp; bāṇaiḥ—with His arrows; virathī—chariotless; kṛtya—making; pauṇḍrakam—Pauṇḍraka; śiraḥ—his head; avṛścat—He cut off; ratha-aṅgena—with His Sudarśana disc; vajreṇa—with his thunderbolt weapon; indraḥ—Lord Indra; yathā—as; gireḥ—of a mountain.

TRANSLATION

Having thus derided Pauṇḍraka, Lord Kṛṣṇa destroyed his chariot with His sharp arrows. The Lord then cut off his head with the Sudarśana disc, just as Lord Indra lops off a mountain peak with his thunderbolt weapon.