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ŚB 10.63.32

Devanagari

तस्यास्यतोऽस्‍त्राण्यसकृच्चक्रेण क्षुरनेमिना ।
चिच्छेद भगवान् बाहून् शाखा इव वनस्पते: ॥ ३२ ॥

Text

tasyāsyato ’strāṇy asakṛc
cakreṇa kṣura-neminā
ciccheda bhagavān bāhūn
śākhā iva vanaspateḥ

Synonyms

tasya — of him; asyataḥ — who was throwing; astrāṇi — weapons; asakṛt — repeatedly; cakreṇa — with His disc; kṣura — razor-sharp; neminā — whose circumference; ciccheda — cut off; bhagavān — the Supreme Lord; bāhūn — the arms; śākhāḥ — branches; iva — as if; vanaspateḥ — of a tree.

Translation

As Bāṇa continued hurling weapons at Him, the Supreme Lord began using His razor-sharp cakra to cut off Bāṇāsura’s arms as if they were tree branches.