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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.59.15

द‍ृष्ट्वा सभार्यं गरुडोपरि स्थितं सूर्योपरिष्टात् सतडिद् घनं यथा । कृष्णं स तस्मै व्यसृजच्छतघ्नीं योधाश्च सर्वे युगपच्च विव्यधु: ॥ १५ ॥
dṛṣṭvā sa-bhāryaṁ garuḍopari sthitaṁ
[drishtvaa sa-bhaaryam garudopari sthitam]
sūryopariṣṭāt sa-taḍid ghanaṁ yathā
[sooryoparishtaat sa-tadid ghanam yathaa]
kṛṣṇaṁ sa tasmai vyasṛjac chata-ghnīṁ
[krishnam sa tasmai vyasrijach chata-ghneem]
yodhāś ca sarve yugapac ca vivyadhuḥ
[yodhaash cha sarve yugapach cha vivyadhuh]
Word-for-word
dṛṣṭvā — seeing sa - bhāryam — with His wife garuḍa - upari — upon Garuḍa sthitam — sitting sūrya — the sun upariṣṭāt — higher than sa - taḍit — with lightning ghanam — a cloud yathā — like kṛṣṇam — Lord Kṛṣṇa saḥ — he, Bhauma tasmai — at Him vyasṛjat — released śata - ghnīm — Śataghnī (the name of his śakti spear) yodhāḥ — his soldiers ca — and sarve — all yugapat — simultaneously ca — and vivyadhuḥ — attacked .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
dṛṣṭvā sa-bhāryaṁ garuḍopari sthitaṁ
dṛṣṭvā
seeing
sa - bhāryam
with His wife
garuḍa - upari
upon Garuḍa
sthitam
sitting
sūryopariṣṭāt sa-taḍid ghanaṁ yathā
sūrya
the sun
upariṣṭāt
higher than
sa - taḍit
with lightning
ghanam
a cloud
yathā
like
kṛṣṇaṁ sa tasmai vyasṛjac chata-ghnīṁ
kṛṣṇam
Lord Kṛṣṇa
saḥ
he, Bhauma
tasmai
at Him
vyasṛjat
released
yodhāś ca sarve yugapac ca vivyadhuḥ
śata - ghnīm
Śataghnī (the name of his śakti spear)
yodhāḥ
his soldiers
ca
and
sarve
all
yugapat
simultaneously
ca
and
vivyadhuḥ
attacked .
Important Words
  • sa - bhāryam — with His wife (Satyabhāmā)
    Prefix sa- (with) + bhāryā. Satyabhāmā's presence on Garuḍa is structurally important — she will witness the prayer of her own former mother Bhūmi (Satyabhāmā being an aṁśa of Bhū-devī) and later prompt the pārijāta uprooting.
  • sa - taḍit - ghanam — a cloud with lightning
    Compound image: taḍit (lightning) + ghana (cloud). Kṛṣṇa is the dark cloud, Satyabhāmā the lightning. Gauḍīya rasa-vocabulary recognizes this as a śyāma-gaura pair — the dark Lord and His fair consort — a stock image for divine couples.
  • śata - ghnīm — Śataghnī (a weapon, lit. 'slayer of a hundred')
    Compound: śata (hundred) + ghnī (feminine of slaying). A śakti-class weapon, more potent than ordinary arrows. Bhauma reserves it for the figure in the sky.
  • yugapat — simultaneously
    Indeclinable: 'at once'. The whole army strikes in one moment — and one moment is all the Lord requires.
Lord Kṛṣṇa and His wife, mounted upon Garuḍa, looked like a cloud with lightning sitting above the sun. Seeing the Lord, Bhauma released his Śataghnī weapon at Him, whereupon all of Bhauma’s soldiers simultaneously attacked with their weapons.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Lord Kṛṣṇa and His wife, mounted upon Garuḍa, looked like a cloud with lightning sitting above the sun. Seeing the Lord, Bhauma released his Śataghnī weapon at Him, whereupon all of Bhauma's soldiers simultaneously attacked with their weapons.
Commentary

He threw the sataghni weapon at Krsna.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

On seeing the Lord with his wife, Naraka became furious. The second ca means api (even). His troops attacked at the same time. Or even though he saw this beauty, he was hard-hearted. The troops were mounted on elephants or were just troops accompanying Naraka. Those with elephants were most prominent. They threw their weapons at the same time.

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Personal Guidance
Kṛṣṇa and His wife on Garuḍa look like a cloud with lightning above the sun; Bhauma releases his Śataghnī, soldiers attack simultaneously. The Lord's celestial mount image precedes coordinated enemy response.
Reflection Questions
  • Where does your composite spiritual identity make enemies coordinate?
  • How does staying mounted on Garuḍa steady the heart?
Analogy

Cloud above sun, lightning inside cloud — the verse's image places Kṛṣṇa and Satyabhāmā in the sky as a single weather-formation, beauty and brilliance braided. Bhauma sees this and reaches for Śataghnī, the 'killer of a hundred'; he intends arithmetic against the immeasurable.

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