Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.44.36

tam khadga-panim vicarantam asu

syenam yatha daksina-savyam ambare

samagrahid durvisahogra-teja

yathoragam tarksya-sutah prasahya

SYNONYMS

tam -- him, Kamsa; khadga -- with sword; panim -- in his hand; vicarantam -- moving about; asu -- quickly; syenam -- a hawk; yatha -- like; daksina-savyam -- right and left; ambare -- in the sky; samagrahit -- seized; durvisaha -- irresistible; ugra -- and fearsome; tejah -- whose strength; yatha -- as; uragam -- a snake; tarksya-sutah -- the son of Tarksya, Garuda; prasahya -- by force.

TRANSLATION

Sword in hand, Kamsa moved quickly from side to side like a hawk in the sky. But Lord Krsna, whose fearsome strength is irresistible, powerfully seized the demon just as the son of Tarksya might capture a snake.

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