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SB 6.11.16

Devanāgarī

श्रीह्रीदयाकीर्तिभिरुज्झितं त्वां स्वकर्मणा पुरुषादैश्च गर्ह्यम् । कृच्छ्रेण मच्छूलविभिन्नदेह- मस्पृष्टवह्निं समदन्ति गृध्रा: ॥ १६ ॥

Text

śrī-hrī-dayā-kīrtibhir ujjhitaṁ tvāṁ sva-karmaṇā puruṣādaiś ca garhyam kṛcchreṇa mac-chūla-vibhinna-deham aspṛṣṭa-vahniṁ samadanti gṛdhrāḥ

Synonyms

śrī—opulence or beauty;hrī—shame;dayā—mercy;kīrtibhiḥ—and glory;ujjhitam—bereft of;tvām—you;sva-karmaṇā—by your own activities;puruṣa-adaiḥ—by the Rākṣasas (man-eaters);ca—and;garhyam—condemnable;kṛcchreṇa—with great difficulty;mat-śūla—by my trident;vibhinna—pierced;deham—your body;aspṛṣṭa-vahnim—not even touched by fire;samadanti—will eat;gṛdhrāḥ—the vultures.

Translation

Indra, you are bereft of all shame, mercy, glory and good fortune. Deprived of these good qualities by the reactions of your fruitive activities, you are to be condemned even by the man-eaters [Rākṣasas]. Now I shall pierce your body with my trident, and after you die with great pain, even fire will not touch you; only the vultures will eat your body.

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