SB 10.78.9

SB 10.78.9

Devanagari

गदानिर्भिन्नहृदय उद्वमन् रुधिरं मुखात् । प्रसार्य केशबाह्वङ्‍‍घ्रीन् धरण्यां न्यपतद् व्यसु: ॥ ९ ॥

Verse text

gadā-nirbhinna-hṛdaya udvaman rudhiraṁ mukhāt prasārya keśa-bāhv-aṅghrīn dharaṇyāṁ nyapatad vyasuḥ

Synonyms

gadā by the club ; nirbhinna broken to pieces ; hṛdayaḥ his heart ; udvaman vomiting ; rudhiram blood ; mukhāt from his mouth ; prasārya thrusting outward ; keśa his hair ; bāhu arms ; aṅghrīn and legs ; dharaṇyām on the ground ; nyapatat he fell ; vyasuḥ lifeless .

Translation

His heart shattered by the club’s blow, Dantavakra vomited blood and fell lifeless to the ground, his hair disheveled and his arms and legs sprawling.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

His heart shattered by the club's blow, Dantavakra vomited blood and fell lifeless to the ground, his hair disheveled and his arms and legs sprawling. KB 10.78.9 … Dantavakra’s heart split in twain. As a result, Dantavakra began to vomit blood, his hair scattered, and he fell to the ground, spreading his hands and legs. Within only a few minutes all that remained of Dantavakra was a dead body on the ground.

Purport (Jiva Goswami)

The phrase keśa-bāhv-aṅghrīn in the plural instead of the singular is poetic license. Instead of gadā sometimes gāḍha is seen.

Purport (Sanatana Goswami)

His chest was split completely (nirbhinna-hṛdayaḥ). He vomited plenty of blood and spread his arms and legs. He then fell down flat (nyapatat) on the ground.