Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.59.13
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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ajite
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against the unconquerable one (Kṛṣṇa)
Locative of ajita. Sanskrit poetry loves the irony of an attack 'against the unconquerable' — the case-ending names the futility before the verb arrives.
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śastra - kūṭam
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mountain of weapons
Kūṭa = peak, heap. The asuras' onslaught is described as terrain — a mountain — that the Lord must pulverize to expose them.
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amogha - vīryaḥ
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whose prowess is never frustrated
Amogha = 'not in vain'. A key Vaiṣṇava epithet — when applied to grace (amogha-dāyī) and when applied to power (amogha-vīrya), it names what Bhagavān cannot fail to do.
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tilaśaḥ
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into particles the size of sesame seeds
From tila (sesame seed). A unit of fineness in Sanskrit — 'sesame-sized' is the standard idiom for 'utterly pulverized'. The verse's most concrete image.
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mārgaṇaiḥ
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with arrows
From √mārga (to seek, track). Arrows are 'seekers' — they find their target. The lexical hint: the Lord's weapons are intentioned, not blind.
They attacked the Lord (ajite) using various weapons. The weapons are progressively more effective in weight and ability to kill. Rṣṭi is a type of sword. The Lord cut down all (kuṭam) of the weapons with his extraordinary (sva) arrows.
They attacked the Lord (ajite) using various weapons, though he could not be conquered, because they became cruel (ulbaṇāḥ) from anger. The weapons were progressively more effective in weight and ability to kill. Rṣṭi is a type of sword. The Lord cut down all (kuṭam) of the weapons into small pieces with his extraordinary (sva) arrows, because his valor was unfailing (amogha-vīryaḥ) since he had all powers (bhagavān). Ha indicates joy.
A mountain of swords pours toward Kṛṣṇa and He cuts each blade into sesame-sized fragments — like a thresher pulverizing chaff. Whatever rises against Bhagavān is reduced to the smallest unit of itself; the asuras' fury, multiplied, becomes only finer dust.
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