Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 44: The Killing of Kamsa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.44.24-25

tathaiva mustikah purvam

sva-mustyabhihatena vai

balabhadrena balina

talenabhihato bhrsam

pravepitah sa rudhiram

udvaman mukhato 'rditah

vyasuh papatorvy-upasthe

vatahata ivanghripah

SYNONYMS

tatha -- also; eva -- similarly; mustikah -- Mustika; purvam -- previously; sva-mustya -- with his fist; abhihatena -- who had been struck; vai -- indeed; balabhadrena -- by Lord Balarama; balina -- the powerful; talena -- with His palm; abhihatah -- struck; bhrsam -- violently; pravepitah -- trembling; sah -- he, Mustika; rudhiram -- blood; udvaman -- vomiting; mukhatah -- from his mouth; arditah -- tormented; vyasuh -- lifeless; papata -- he fell; urvi -- of the earth; upasthe -- onto the lap; vata -- by the wind; ahatah -- struck down; iva -- like; anghripah -- a tree.

TRANSLATION

Similarly, Mustika struck Lord Balabhadra with his fist and was slain. Receiving a violent blow from the mighty Lord's palm, the demon trembled all over in great pain, vomited blood and then fell lifeless onto the ground, like a tree blown down by the wind.

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