Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.37.1-2

sri-suka uvaca

kesi tu kamsa-prahitah khurair mahim

maha-hayo nirjarayan mano-javah

satavadhutabhra-vimana-sankulam

kurvan nabho hesita-bhisitakhilah

tam trasayantam bhagavan sva-gokulam

tad-dhesitair vala-vighurnitambudam

atmanam ajau mrgayantam agra-nir

upahvayat sa vyanadan mrgendra-vat

SYNONYMS

sri-sukah uvaca -- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; kesi -- the demon named Kesi; tu -- and then; kamsa-prahitah -- sent by Kamsa; khuraih -- with his hooves; mahim -- the earth; maha-hayah -- a huge horse; nirjarayan -- ripping apart; manah -- like that of the mind; javah -- whose speed; sata -- by the hairs of his mane; avadhuta -- scattered; abhra -- with the clouds; vimana -- and the airplanes (of the demigods); sankulam -- crowded; kurvan -- making; nabhah -- the sky; hesita -- by his neighing; bhisita -- frightened; akhilah -- everyone; tam -- him; trasayantam -- terrifying; bhagavan -- the Supreme Lord; sva-gokulam -- His cowherd village; tat-hesitaih -- by that neighing; vala -- by the hairs of his tail; vighurnita -- shaken; ambudam -- the clouds; atmanam -- Himself; ajau -- for a fight; mrgayantam -- searching after; agra-nih -- coming forward; upahvayat -- called out; sah -- he, Kesi; vyanadan -- roared; mrgendra-vat -- like a lion.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami said: The demon Kesi, sent by Kamsa, appeared in Vraja as a great horse. Running with the speed of the mind, he tore up the earth with his hooves. The hairs of his mane scattered the clouds and the demigods' airplanes throughout the sky, and he terrified everyone present with his loud neighing.

When the Supreme Personality of Godhead saw how the demon was frightening His village of Gokula by neighing terribly and shaking the clouds with his tail, the Lord came forward to meet him. Kesi was searching for Krsna to fight, so when the Lord stood before him and challenged him to approach, the horse responded by roaring like a lion.

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