SB 9.6.15-16 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

स सन्नद्धो धनुर्दिव्यमादाय विशिखाञ्छितान् ।

स्तूयमानस्तमारुह्य युयुत्सु: ककुदि स्थित: ॥ १५ ॥

तेजसाप्यायितो विष्णो: पुरुषस्य महात्मन: ।

प्रतीच्यां दिशि दैत्यानां न्यरुणत् त्रिदशै: पुरम् ॥ १६ ॥

Verse text

sa sannaddho dhanur divyam

ādāya viśikhāñ chitān

stūyamānas tam āruhya

yuyutsuḥ kakudi sthitaḥ

tejasāpyāyito viṣṇoḥ

puruṣasya mahātmanaḥ

pratīcyāṁ diśi daityānāṁ

nyaruṇat tridaśaiḥ puram

Synonyms

saḥ — he, Purañjaya ; sannaddhaḥ — being well equipped ; dhanuḥ divyam — a first-class or transcendental bow ; ādāya — taking ; viśikhān — arrows ; śitān — very sharp ; stūyamānaḥ — being praised very much ; tam — him (the bull) ; āruhya — getting on ; yuyutsuḥ — prepared to fight ; kakudi — on the hump of the bull ; sthitaḥ — being situated ; tejasā — by the power ; āpyāyitaḥ — being favored ; viṣṇoḥ — of Lord Viṣṇu ; puruṣasya — the Supreme Person ; mahā-ātmanaḥ — the Supersoul ; pratīcyām — on the western ; diśi — direction ; daityānām — of the demons ; nyaruṇat — captured ; tridaśaiḥ — surrounded by the demigods ; puram — the residence.

Translation

Well protected by armor and desiring to fight, Purañjaya took up a transcendental bow and very sharp arrows, and, while being highly praised by the demigods, he got up on the back of the bull [Indra] and sat on its hump. Thus he is known as Kakutstha. Being empowered by Lord Viṣṇu, who is the Supersoul and the Supreme Person, Purañjaya sat on the great bull and is therefore known as Indravāha. Surrounded by the demigods, he attacked the residence of the demons in the west.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Well protected by armor and desiring to fight, Purañjaya took up a celestial bow and sharp arrows, and, while being highly praised by the devatās, he got up on the back of the bull [Indra] and sat on its hump. Empowered by Lord Viṣṇu, who is the Supersoul and the Supreme Person, Purañjaya, surrounded the city of the demons in the west along with the devatās. Purañjaya, mounting the bull who was Indra is thus called Indravāha (he whose carrier is Indra). Because he sat on the hump of the bull he is called Kakutsha (situated on the hump). He surrounded the city with the devatās.