SB 9.6.22

SB 9.6.22

Devanagari

य: प्रियार्थमुतङ्कस्य धुन्धुनामासुरं बली ।
सुतानामेकविंशत्या सहस्रैरहनद् वृत: ॥ २२ ॥

Verse text

yaḥ priyārtham utaṅkasya
dhundhu-nāmāsuraṁ balī
sutānām eka-viṁśatyā
sahasrair ahanad vṛtaḥ

Synonyms

yaḥ — he who ; priya-artham — for the satisfaction ; utaṅkasya — of the great sage Utaṅka ; dhundhu-nāma — of the name Dhundhu ; asuram — a demon ; balī — very powerful (Kuvalayāśva) ; sutānām — of sons ; eka-viṁśatyā — by twenty-one ; sahasraiḥ — thousands ; ahanat — killed ; vṛtaḥ — surrounded.

Translation

To satisfy the sage Utaṅka, the greatly powerful Kuvalayāśva killed a demon named Dhundhu. He did this with the assistance of his twenty-one thousand sons.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

To satisfy the sage Utaṅka, the powerful Kuvalayāśva killed a demon named Dhundhu with the assistance of his twenty-one thousand sons. With the assistance of his twenty-one thousand sons, he killed the demon.