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ŚB 10.58.33

Devanagari

न तां शेकुर्नृपा वोढुमजित्वा सप्त गोवृषान् ।
तीक्ष्णश‍ृङ्गान् सुदुर्धर्षान् वीर्यगन्धासहान् खलान् ॥ ३३ ॥

Text

na tāṁ śekur nṛpā voḍhum
ajitvā sapta-go-vṛṣān
tīkṣṇa-śṛṅgān su-durdharṣān
vīrya-gandhāsahān khalān

Synonyms

na — not; tām — her; śekuḥ — were able; nṛpāḥ — kings; voḍhum — to marry; ajitvā — without defeating; sapta — seven; go-vṛṣān — bulls; tīkṣṇa — sharp; śṛṅgān — whose horns; su — very; durdharṣān — uncontrollable; vīrya — of warriors; gandha — the smell; asahān — not tolerating; khalān — vicious.

Translation

The kings who came as suitors were not allowed to marry her unless they could subdue seven sharp-horned bulls. These bulls were extremely vicious and uncontrollable, and they could not tolerate even the smell of warriors.