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ŚB 10.59.7

Devanagari

त्रिशूलमुद्यम्य सुदुर्निरीक्षणो
युगान्तसूर्यानलरोचिरुल्बण: ।
ग्रसंस्‍त्रिलोकीमिव पञ्चभिर्मुखै-
रभ्यद्रवत्तार्क्ष्यसुतं यथोरग: ॥ ७ ॥

Text

tri-śūlam udyamya su-durnirīkṣaṇo
yugānta-sūryānala-rocir ulbaṇaḥ
grasaṁs tri-lokīm iva pañcabhir mukhair
abhyadravat tārkṣya-sutaṁ yathoragaḥ

Synonyms

tri-śūlam — his trident; udyamya — raising; su — very; durnirīkṣaṇaḥ — difficult to look at; yuga-anta — at the end of a millennium; sūrya — of the sun; anala — (like) the fire; rociḥ — whose effulgence; ulbaṇaḥ — terrible; grasan — swallowing; tri-lokīm — the three worlds; iva — as if; pañcabhiḥ — with his five; mukhaiḥ — mouths; abhyadravat — he attacked; tārkṣya-sutam — Garuḍa, the son of Tārkṣya; yathā — as; uragaḥ — a snake.

Translation

Shining with the blinding, terrible effulgence of the sun’s fire at the end of a millennium, Mura seemed to be swallowing up the three worlds with his five mouths. He lifted up his trident and fell upon Garuḍa, the son of Tārkṣya, like an attacking snake.