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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.9.25

चक्रेण क्षुरधारेण जहार पिबत: शिर: । हरिस्तस्य कबन्धस्तु सुधयाप्लावितोऽपतत् ॥ २५ ॥
cakreṇa kṣura-dhāreṇa
[chakrena kshura-dhaarena]
jahāra pibataḥ śiraḥ
[jahaara pibatah shirah]
haris tasya kabandhas tu
[haris tasya kabandhas tu]
sudhayāplāvito ’patat
[sudhayaaplaavito ’patat]
Word-for-word
cakreṇa — by the disc kṣura-dhāreṇa — which was sharp like a razor jahāra — cut off pibataḥ — while drinking nectar śiraḥ — the head hariḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead tasya — of that Rāhu kabandhaḥ tu — but the headless body sudhayā — by the nectar aplāvitaḥ — without being touched apatat — immediately fell dead.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
cakreṇa kṣura-dhāreṇa
cakreṇa
by the disc
kṣura-dhāreṇa
which was sharp like a razor
jahāra pibataḥ śiraḥ
jahāra
cut off
pibataḥ
while drinking nectar
śiraḥ
the head
haris tasya kabandhas tu
hariḥ
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
tasya
of that Rāhu
kabandhaḥ tu
but the headless body
sudhayāplāvito ’patat
sudhayā
by the nectar
aplāvitaḥ
without being touched
apatat
immediately fell dead.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, using His disc, which was sharp like a razor, at once cut off Rāhu’s head. When Rāhu’s head was severed from his body, the body, being untouched by the nectar, could not survive.
Purport

When the Personality of Godhead, Mohinī-mūrti, severed Rāhu’s head from his body, the head remained alive although the body died. Rāhu had been drinking nectar through his mouth, and before the nectar entered his body, his head was cut off. Thus Rāhu’s head remained alive whereas the body died. This wonderful act performed by the Lord was meant to show that nectar is miraculous ambrosia.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The Supreme Lord, using his sharp disc, cut off Rāhu's head, while he was drinking. The body, being untouched by the nectar, fell down. The form of Ajita (not Mohinī) cut off his head. The body, not completely (ā) inundated with nectar, fell down.
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Personal Guidance
With His razor-sharp disc, the Lord cut off Rāhu's head — the nectar made the head immortal; the body died. The infiltrator is exposed and severed. Sacred substance, even briefly tasted, produces its effect. The line between deserving and undeserving is enforced.
Reflection Questions
  • Where has the Lord cleanly severed a deceiver from a long-running pretense in my life?
  • Even when caught wrongly accessing the spiritual, what permanent effect has it had on me?
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