Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.44.22-23

nacalat tat-praharena

malahata iva dvipah

bahvor nigrhya canuram

bahuso bhramayan harih

bhu-prsthe pothayam asa

tarasa ksina jivitam

visrastakalpa-kesa-srag

indra-dhvaja ivapatat

SYNONYMS

na acalat -- He (Lord Krsna) did not move; tat-praharena -- because of his blows; mala -- with a garland; ahata -- struck; iva -- as; dvipah -- an elephant; bahvoh -- by the two arms; nigrhya -- seizing; canuram -- Canura; bahusah -- several times; bhramayan -- whirling him around; harih -- Lord Krsna; bhu -- of the earth; prsthe -- onto the surface; pothayam asa -- hurled; tarasa -- forcefully; ksina -- becoming lost; jivitam -- his life; visrasta -- scattered; akalpa -- his clothing; kesa -- hair; srak -- and flower garland; indra-dhvajah -- a tall festival column; iva -- as if; apatat -- he fell.

TRANSLATION

No more shaken by the demon's mighty blows than an elephant struck with a flower garland, Lord Krsna grabbed Canura by his arms, swung him around several times and hurled him onto the ground with great force. His clothes, hair and garland scattering, the wrestler fell down dead, like a huge festival column collapsing.

PURPORT

Srila Sridhara Svami explains the words indra-dhvaja as follows: "In Bengal, on the occasion of a certain festival, people erect a tall column in the form of a man and decorate it with flags, banners, etc. He [Canura] fell just as such a pole might fall."

<<< >>>

Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
His Holiness Hrdayananda dasa Goswami
Gopiparanadhana dasa Adhikari
Dravida dasa Brahmacari