Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.63.10-11
శఙ్కరానుచరాన్ శౌరిర్భూతప్రమథగుహ్యకాన్ ।
డాకినీర్యాతుధానాంశ్చ వేతాలాన్ సవినాయకాన్ ॥ ౧౦ ॥
ప్రేతమాతృపిశాచాంశ్చ కుష్మాణ్డాన్ బ్రహ్మరాక్షసాన్ ।
ద్రావయామాస తీక్ష్ణాగ్రై: శరై: శార్ఙ్గధనుశ్చ్యుతై: ॥ ౧౧ ॥
śaṅkarānucarān śaurir
[shankaraanucharaan shaurir]
bhūta-pramatha-guhyakān
[bhoota-pramatha-guhyakaan]
ḍākinīr yātudhānāṁś ca
[daakineer yaatudhaanaamsh cha]
vetālān sa-vināyakān
[vetaalaan sa-vinaayakaan]
preta-mātṛ-piśācāṁś ca
[preta-maatri-pishaachaamsh cha]
kuṣmāṇḍān brahma-rākṣasān
[kushmaandaan brahma-raakshasaan]
drāvayām āsa tīkṣṇāgraiḥ
[draavayaam aasa teekshnaagraih]
śaraiḥ śārṅga-dhanuś-cyutaiḥ
[sharaih shaarnga-dhanush-chyutaih]
Word-for-word
śaṅkara
—
of Lord Śiva
anucarān
—
the followers
śauriḥ
—
Lord Kṛṣṇa
bhūta - pramatha
—
Bhūtas and Pramathas
guhyakān
—
Guhyakas (servants of Kuvera who help him guard the treasury of heaven)
ḍākinīḥ
—
female demons who attend Goddess Kālī
yātudhānān
—
man-eating demons, also known as Rākṣasas
ca
—
and
vetālān
—
vampires
sa - vināyakān
—
together with Vināyakas
preta
—
ghosts
mātṛ
—
maternal demons
piśācān
—
meat-eating demons who live in the middle regions of outer space
ca
—
also
kuṣmāṇḍān
—
followers of Lord Śiva who engage in breaking the meditation of yogīs
brahma - rākṣasān
—
the demoniac spirits of brāhmaṇas who have died sinfully
drāvayām āsa
—
He drove away
tīkṣṇa - agraiḥ
—
sharp-pointed
śaraiḥ
—
with His arrows
śārṅga - dhanuḥ
—
from His bow, named Śārṅga
cyutaiḥ
—
discharged .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śaṅkarānucarān śaurir
śaṅkara
of Lord Śiva
anucarān
the followers
śauriḥ
Lord Kṛṣṇa
bhūta-pramatha-guhyakān
bhūta - pramatha
Bhūtas and Pramathas
guhyakān
Guhyakas (servants of Kuvera who help him guard the treasury of heaven)
ḍākinīr yātudhānāṁś ca
ḍākinīḥ
female demons who attend Goddess Kālī
yātudhānān
man-eating demons, also known as Rākṣasas
ca
and
vetālān sa-vināyakān
vetālān
vampires
sa - vināyakān
together with Vināyakas
preta-mātṛ-piśācāṁś ca
preta
ghosts
mātṛ
maternal demons
piśācān
meat-eating demons who live in the middle regions of outer space
ca
also
kuṣmāṇḍān brahma-rākṣasān
kuṣmāṇḍān
followers of Lord Śiva who engage in breaking the meditation of yogīs
brahma - rākṣasān
the demoniac spirits of brāhmaṇas who have died sinfully
drāvayām āsa tīkṣṇāgraiḥ
drāvayām āsa
He drove away
tīkṣṇa - agraiḥ
sharp-pointed
śaraiḥ śārṅga-dhanuś-cyutaiḥ
śaraiḥ
with His arrows
śārṅga - dhanuḥ
from His bow, named Śārṅga
cyutaiḥ
discharged .
Important Words
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śaṅkara-anucarān
—
the followers of Śaṅkara
Compound: śaṅkara + anucara (one who follows after). The same anucara-pattern that names the Vaiṣṇava's place behind Kṛṣṇa — here applied to Śiva's gaṇa. Gauḍīyas note the parallel: every personality has His own train, but the trains themselves are subordinate.
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śauriḥ
—
Kṛṣṇa, descendant of Śūra
From Śūra, Kṛṣṇa's paternal grandfather (and Vasudeva's father). The patronymic anchors Bhagavān in the Yadu kula even as He acts cosmically — Gauḍīyas prize this constant grounding of the universal in the household.
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bhūta-pramatha
—
Bhūtas and Pramathas
Compound: bhūta (ghostly beings) + pramatha (Śiva's churning attendants). The tāmasa fringe of Śiva's retinue — appropriate to him as Lord of cremation grounds, but not equipped to face the wielder of Śārṅga.
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śārṅga-dhanuḥ-cyutaiḥ
—
discharged from the bow Śārṅga
Compound: śārṅga (made of horn) + dhanu (bow) + cyuta (fallen from, released). Kṛṣṇa's own bow, paired with Sudarśana and Pāñcajanya among His personal weapons. Each arrow carries the will of Bhagavān, not the malice of a warrior.
With sharp-pointed arrows discharged from His bow Śārṅga, Lord Kṛṣṇa drove away the various followers of Lord Śiva — Bhūtas, Pramathas, Guhyakas, Ḍākinīs, Yātudhānas, Vetālas, Vināyakas, Pretas, Mātās, Piśācas, Kuṣmāṇḍas and Brahma-rākṣasas.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
With sharp-pointed arrows discharged from His bow Śārṅga, Lord Kṛṣṇa drove away the various followers of Lord Śiva—Bhūtas, Pramathas, Guhyakas, Ḍākinīs, Yātudhānas, Vetālas, Vināyakas, Pretas, Mātās, Piśācas, Kuṣmāṇḍas and Brahma-rākṣasas.
Jīva Gosvāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
Another version has bhūta-mātṛ-piśācān. But this would be repetition since bhūta-pramatha-guhyakān is found in the previous verse. The mothers of the bhūtas are persons other than the Pārvatī and mothers of the devatās. Kṛṣṇa drove them away with arrows shot from the Sārṅga bow, but did not kill them since they were the followers of his devotee Śiva. This shows his great mercy.
Śrīdhara Svāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
Kṛṣṇa defeated the follows dispatched by Śiva, in his fight with Kṛṣṇa. This is described in two verses. The Bhūtas were born from devatās. This list is progressively more ferocious and inferior in nature. Pretas are a type of Piśāca. Kṛṣṇa drove them away, using arrows shot from his bow. Het did not kill them because they were followers of Śiva. The arrows were thus unfailing in their target and swift.
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Analogy
Like a strong wind that scatters fog without injuring the field beneath, Kṛṣṇa's Śārṅga-arrows do not crush Śiva's followers — they merely drive them away. The Lord clears a path to His real interlocutor; the supporting host is dispersed, not destroyed.
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