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SB 10.17.8

Devanāgarī

सुपर्णपक्षाभिहत: कालियोऽतीव विह्वल: । ह्रदं विवेश कालिन्द्यास्तदगम्यं दुरासदम् ॥ ८ ॥

Text

suparṇa-pakṣābhihataḥ kāliyo ’tīva vihvalaḥ hradaṁ viveśa kālindyās tad-agamyaṁ durāsadam

Synonyms

suparṇa—of Garuḍa;pakṣa—by the wing;abhihataḥ—beaten;kāliyaḥ—Kāliya;atīva—extremely;vihvalaḥ—distraught;hradam—a lake;viveśa—he entered;kālindyāḥ—of the river Yamunā;tat-agamyam—unapproachable by Garuḍa;durāsadam—difficult to enter.

Translation

Beaten by Garuḍa’s wing, Kāliya was extremely distraught, and thus he took shelter of a lake adjoining the river Yamunā. Garuḍa could not enter this lake. Indeed, he could not even approach it.

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