Devanagari
दर्पोपशमनायास्य प्रवृक्णा बाहवो मया ।
सूदितं च बलं भूरि यच्च भारायितं भुव: ॥ ४८ ॥
Verse text
darpopaśamanāyāsya
pravṛkṇā bāhavo mayā
sūditaṁ ca balaṁ bhūri
yac ca bhārāyitaṁ bhuvaḥ
Synonyms
darpa
—
the false pride
;
upaśamanāya
—
for subduing
;
asya
—
his
;
pravṛkṇāḥ
—
severed
;
bāhavaḥ
—
arms
;
mayā
—
by Me
;
sūditam
—
slain
;
ca
—
and
;
balam
—
the military force
;
bhūri
—
huge
;
yat
—
which
;
ca
—
and
;
bhārāyitam
—
having become a burden
;
bhuvaḥ
—
for the earth.
Translation
It was to subdue Bāṇāsura’s false pride that I severed his arms. And I slew his mighty army because it had become a burden upon the earth.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
It was to subdue Bāṇāsura's false pride that I severed his arms. And I slew his mighty army because it had become a burden upon the earth.
Krisna Book (10.63.48)
“Therefore, without killing this Bāṇāsura, I have simply cut off his arms to deprive him of his false prestige. The large number of soldiers he was maintaining became a burden on this earth, and I have killed them all to minimize the burden.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
He was proud that you gave him a thousand arms. To take away that pride quickly I cut off those arms. I slaughtered his army (balam).