Devanagari
तमापतन्तं तरसा विषायुध:
प्रत्यभ्ययादुत्थितनैकमस्तक: ।
दद्भि: सुपर्णं व्यदशद् ददायुध:
करालजिह्वोच्छ्वसितोग्रलोचन: ॥ ६ ॥
Verse text
tam āpatantaṁ tarasā viṣāyudhaḥ
pratyabhyayād utthita-naika-mastakaḥ
dadbhiḥ suparṇaṁ vyadaśad dad-āyudhaḥ
karāla-jihrocchvasitogra-locanaḥ
Synonyms
tam
—
him, Garuḍa
;
āpatantam
—
attacking
;
tarasā
—
swiftly
;
viṣa
—
of poison
;
āyudhaḥ
—
who possessed the weapon
;
prati
—
towards
;
abhyayāt
—
ran
;
utthita
—
raised
;
na eka
—
many
;
mastakaḥ
—
his heads
;
dadbhiḥ
—
with his fangs
;
suparṇam
—
Garuḍa
;
vyadaśat
—
he bit
;
dat
—
āyudhaḥ — whose fangs were weapons
;
karāla
—
fearsome
;
jihvā
—
his tongues
;
ucchvasita
—
expanded
;
ugra
—
and terrible
;
locanaḥ
—
his eyes .
Translation
As Garuḍa swiftly fell upon him, Kāliya, who had the weapon of poison, raised his numerous heads to counterattack. Showing his ferocious tongues and expanding his horrible eyes, Kāliya then bit Garuḍa with the weapons of his fangs.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
As Garuḍa swiftly fell upon him, Kāliya, who had the weapon of poison, raised his numerous heads to counterattack. Showing his ferocious tongues and expanding his horrible eyes, Kāliya then bit Garuḍa with the weapons of his fangs.
KB 10.17.6
Kāliya tried to fight Garuḍa and faced him with his many hoods and poisonous sharp teeth. Kāliya attempted to bite him, …
Purport
The
ācāryas
explain that Kāliya used his weapon of poison at a distance by spitting venom upon his enemy and at short range by biting him with his terrible fangs.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
From far off Kaliya could blow his poison at his enemy, and close up he could bite with his teeth. He had a ferocious tongue, loud hissing and terrible eyes.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
Kāliya who release poison by spitting from far away (viṣāyudhaḥ—poison weapon). He approached close and bit Garuḍa using his fangs (dad-āyudhaḥ). He had a terrible tongue whose touch would inflict poison (karāla) and expanding, terrifying eyes, which would turn things to ashes by their glance.
Purport (Sanatana Goswami)
Kāliya’s only weapon was his poison. This indicates its deadly nature. His teeth acted as weapons because they were covered with poison. He had a terrible tongue whose touch would inflict poison (karāla) and expanding, terrifying eyes, which would turn things to ashes by their glance. He was a formidable opponent. But nothing happened when his poisonous fangs bit Garuḍa. Kāliya with his pride and poison was useless in front of Garuḍa.