Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 34: Nanda Maharaja Saved and Sankhacuda Slain

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.34.7

tasya cakranditam srutva

gopalah sahasotthitah

grastam ca drstva vibhrantah

sarpam vivyadhur ulmukaih

SYNONYMS

tasya -- his; ca -- and; akranditam -- the crying out; srutva -- hearing; gopalah -- the cowherds; sahasa -- suddenly; utthitah -- rising up; grastam -- seized; ca -- and; drstva -- seeing; vibhrantah -- disturbed; sarpam -- the snake; vivyadhuh -- they beat; ulmukaih -- with flaming torches.

TRANSLATION

When the cowherd men heard the cries of Nanda, they immediately rose up and saw that he was being swallowed. Distraught, they beat the serpent with blazing torches.

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