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ŚB 10.63.48

Devanagari

दर्पोपशमनायास्य प्रवृक्णा बाहवो मया ।
सूदितं च बलं भूरि यच्च भारायितं भुव: ॥ ४८ ॥

Text

darpopaśamanāyāsya
pravṛkṇā bāhavo mayā
sūditaṁ ca balaṁ bhūri
yac ca bhārāyitaṁ bhuvaḥ

Synonyms

darpa — the false pride; upaśamanāya — for subduing; asya — his; pravṛkṇāḥ — severed; bāhavaḥ — arms; mayā — by Me; sūditam — slain; ca — and; balam — the military force; bhūri — huge; yat — which; ca — and; bhārāyitam — having become a burden; bhuvaḥ — for the earth.

Translation

It was to subdue Bāṇāsura’s false pride that I severed his arms. And I slew his mighty army because it had become a burden upon the earth.