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SB 10.41.37

Devanāgarī

एवं विकत्थमानस्य कुपितो देवकीसुत: । रजकस्य कराग्रेण शिर: कायादपातयत् ॥ ३७ ॥

Text

evaṁ vikatthamānasya kupito devakī-sutaḥ rajakasya karāgreṇa śiraḥ kāyād apātayat

Synonyms

evam—thus;vikatthamānasya—who was brazenly speaking;kupitaḥ—angered;devakī-sutaḥ—Kṛṣṇa, the son of Devakī;rajakasya—of the washerman;kara—of one hand;agreṇa—with the front;śiraḥ—the head;kāyāt—from his body;apātayat—made fall.

Translation

As the washerman thus spoke brazenly, the son of Devakī became angry, and then merely with His fingertips He separated the man’s head from his body.

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