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ŚB 10.17.8

Devanagari

सुपर्णपक्षाभिहत: कालियोऽतीव विह्वल: ।
ह्रदं विवेश कालिन्द्यास्तदगम्यं दुरासदम् ॥ ८ ॥

Text

suparṇa-pakṣābhihataḥ
kāliyo ’tīva vihvalaḥ
hradaṁ viveśa kālindyās
tad-agamyaṁ durāsadam

Synonyms

suparṇa — of Garuḍa; pakṣa — by the wing; abhihataḥ — beaten; kāliyaḥ — Kāliya; atīva — extremely; vihvalaḥ — distraught; hradam — a lake; viveśa — he entered; kālindyāḥ — of the river Yamunā; tat-agamyam — unapproachable by Garuḍa; durāsadam — difficult to enter.

Translation

Beaten by Garuḍa’s wing, Kāliya was extremely distraught, and thus he took shelter of a lake adjoining the river Yamunā. Garuḍa could not enter this lake. Indeed, he could not even approach it.