ŚB 10.37.8
Devanagari
तद्देहत: कर्कटिकाफलोपमाद्
व्यसोरपाकृष्य भुजं महाभुज: ।
अविस्मितोऽयत्नहतारिक: सुरै:
प्रसूनवर्षैर्वर्षद्भिरीडित: ॥ ८ ॥
व्यसोरपाकृष्य भुजं महाभुज: ।
अविस्मितोऽयत्नहतारिक: सुरै:
प्रसूनवर्षैर्वर्षद्भिरीडित: ॥ ८ ॥
Verse text
tad-dehataḥ karkaṭikā-phalopamād
vyasor apākṛṣya bhujaṁ mahā-bhujaḥ
avismito ’yatna-hatārikaḥ suraiḥ
prasūna-varṣair varṣadbhir īḍitaḥ
vyasor apākṛṣya bhujaṁ mahā-bhujaḥ
avismito ’yatna-hatārikaḥ suraiḥ
prasūna-varṣair varṣadbhir īḍitaḥ
Synonyms
tat-dehataḥ — from Keśī’s body; karkaṭikā-phala — a karkaṭikā fruit; upamāt — which resembled; vyasoḥ — from which the vital airs had departed; apākṛṣya — withdrawing; bhujam — His arm; mahā-bhujaḥ — the mighty-armed Lord; avismitaḥ — without undue pride; ayatna — without effort; hata — having killed; arikaḥ — His enemy; suraiḥ — by the demigods; prasūna — of flowers; varṣaiḥ — with downpours; varṣadbhiḥ — who were raining upon Him; īḍitaḥ — worshiped.
Translation
The mighty-armed Kṛṣṇa withdrew His arm from Keśī’s body, which now appeared like a long karkaṭikā fruit. Without the least display of pride at having so effortlessly killed His enemy, the Lord accepted the demigods’ worship in the form of flowers rained down from above.