SB 10.63.31 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.63.31

ततो बाहुसहस्रेण नानायुधधरोऽसुर: । मुमोच परमक्रुद्धो बाणांश्चक्रायुधे नृप ॥ ३१ ॥

tato bāhu-sahasreṇa

[tato baahu-sahasrena]

nānāyudha-dharo ’suraḥ

[naanaayudha-dharo ’surah]

mumoca parama-kruddho

[mumocha parama-kruddho]

bāṇāṁś cakrāyudhe nṛpa

[baanaamsh chakraayudhe nripa]

Word-for-word

tataḥ — thereupon bāhu — with his arms sahasreṇa — one thousand nānā — numerous āyudha — weapons dharaḥ — carrying asuraḥ — the demon mumoca — released parama — supremely kruddhaḥ — angry bāṇān — arrows cakra - āyudhe — at Him whose weapon is the disc nṛpa — O King (Parīkṣit) .

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

tato bāhu-sahasreṇa

tataḥ

thereupon

bāhu

with his arms

sahasreṇa

one thousand

nānāyudha-dharo ’suraḥ

nānā

numerous

āyudha

weapons

dharaḥ

carrying

asuraḥ

the demon

mumoca parama-kruddho

mumoca

released

parama

supremely

kruddhaḥ

angry

bāṇāṁś cakrāyudhe nṛpa

bāṇān

arrows

cakra - āyudhe

at Him whose weapon is the disc

nṛpa

O King (Parīkṣit) .

Important Words

bāhu-sahasreṇa — with a thousand arms
Compound: bāhu (arm) + sahasra (thousand). Bāṇa's defining feature — earned by tapas to Śiva. The thousand-arms motif is the asura's parody of Viṣvarūpa-darśana (Gītā 11): many limbs without the Person to govern them.
nānā-āyudha-dharaḥ — wielder of various weapons
Compound: nānā (various) + āyudha (weapon) + dhara (holder). Bāṇa's variety is horizontal — many different weapons in many hands. Kṛṣṇa's variety is vertical — He holds a few weapons, each containing the rest.
cakra-āyudhe — at the wielder of the disc weapon
Compound: cakra + āyudha. Kṛṣṇa named here by the very weapon He will use in the next verse. The Bhāgavatam announces His instrument before deploying it; the asura is firing at a name that already contains his amputation.
parama-kruddhaḥ — extremely angry
Compound: parama (supreme) + kruddha (angered). Bāṇa is parama-kruddha; Kṛṣṇa is parama-praśānta. The Bhāgavatam's grammar pairs them: same adverb, opposite states. Anger's supremacy is no match for peace's supremacy.

Carrying numerous weapons in his thousand hands, O King, the terribly infuriated demon shot many arrows at Lord Kṛṣṇa, the carrier of the disc weapon.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Carrying numerous weapons in his thousand hands, O King, the terribly infuriated demon shot many arrows at Lord Kṛṣṇa, the carrier of the disc weapon.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya

Commentary

Though Bāṇa carried many weapons, though he was king (nṛpaḥ instead of nṛpa) of the demonic troops, being most furious, first he personally released arrows from far off. But Kṛṣṇa was the wielder of the cakra. Thus all his arrows were useless against Kṛṣṇa. Or because he was furious, out of loss of intelligence, he shot arrows at the holder of the cakra. If the version with nṛpa is accepted then Śukadeva laughs, saying, “O king Parīkṣit, he was so foolish to do this.”

Related values & verses

Related values

Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)

Concepts

Jiva

Personal Guidance

With weapons in his thousand hands, the infuriated Bāṇa shot many arrows at Kṛṣṇa, the disc-bearer. When pride is wounded, it brings every available resource to bear at once — but always against the Lord.

Reflection Questions

Where am I marshaling many resources against what is actually for my own good?
How might I redirect that thousand-armed energy from opposition to service?

Analogy

A thousand-armed asura with weapons in every hand is the picture-perfect form of false multiplicity. Bāṇa fires from a thousand directions; Bhagavān is one and undivided, and the cakra in one hand will be enough.

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