SB 6.12.3 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.12.3

ख आपतत्तद्विचलद्ग्रहोल्कव- न्निरीक्ष्य दुष्प्रेक्ष्यमजातविक्लव: । वज्रेण वज्री शतपर्वणाच्छिनद् भुजं च तस्योरगराजभोगम् ॥ ३ ॥

kha āpatat tad vicalad graholkavan

[kha aapatat tad vichalad graholkavan]

nirīkṣya duṣprekṣyam ajāta-viklavaḥ

[nireekshya dushprekshyam ajaata-viklavah]

vajreṇa vajrī śata-parvaṇācchinad

[vajrena vajree shata-parvanaachchinad]

bhujaṁ ca tasyoraga-rāja-bhogam

[bhujam cha tasyoraga-raaja-bhogam]

Word-for-word

khe — in the sky āpatat — flying toward him tat — that trident vicalat — rotating graha-ulka-vat — like a falling star nirīkṣya — observing duṣprekṣyam — unbearable to see ajāta-viklavaḥ — not afraid vajreṇa — with the thunderbolt vajrī — Indra, the holder of the thunderbolt śata-parvaṇā — possessing one hundred joints ācchinat — cut bhujam — the arm ca — and tasya — of him (Vṛtrāsura) uraga-rāja — of the great serpent Vāsuki bhogam — like the body.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

kha āpatat tad vicalad graholkavan

khe

in the sky

āpatat

flying toward him

tat

that trident

vicalat

rotating

graha-ulka-vat

like a falling star

nirīkṣya duṣprekṣyam ajāta-viklavaḥ

nirīkṣya

observing

duṣprekṣyam

unbearable to see

ajāta-viklavaḥ

not afraid

vajreṇa

with the thunderbolt

vajreṇa vajrī śata-parvaṇācchinad

vajrī

Indra, the holder of the thunderbolt

śata-parvaṇā

possessing one hundred joints

ācchinat

cut

bhujaṁ ca tasyoraga-rāja-bhogam

bhujam

the arm

and

tasya

of him (Vṛtrāsura)

uraga-rāja

of the great serpent Vāsuki

bhogam

like the body.

Flying in the sky, Vṛtrāsura’s trident resembled a brilliant meteor. Although the blazing weapon was difficult to look upon, King Indra, unafraid, cut it to pieces with his thunderbolt. Simultaneously, he cut off one of Vṛtrāsura’s arms, which was as thick as the body of Vāsuki, the King of the serpents.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Fearlessly, Indra, seeing the trident, unbearable to behold, rotating in the sky and approaching him like a comet, destroyed it with his thunderbolt made of a hundred bones and also cut off one of Vṛtrāsura’s snake-like arms. Āpatat means “coming towards him.”

Personal Guidance

The trident flew like a meteor, but Indra cut it with the thunderbolt and severed one of Vṛtra's arms. The Lord's empowered weapon dispatches even the great demon's most fearful tool.

Reflection Questions

What fearsome instrument in my life would dissolve before the Lord's actual power?
Have I been overestimating the threats I face?

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