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ŚB 12.12.39

Devanagari

हरस्य जृम्भणं युद्धे बाणस्य भुजकृन्तनम् ।
प्राग्ज्योतिषपतिं हत्वा कन्यानां हरणं च यत् ॥ ३९ ॥

Text

harasya jṛmbhaṇaṁ yuddhe
bāṇasya bhuja-kṛntanam
prāgjyotiṣa-patiṁ hatvā
kanyānāṁ haraṇaṁ ca yat

Synonyms

harasya — of Lord Śiva; jṛmbhaṇam — the forced yawning; yuddhe — in battle; bāṇasya — of Bāṇa; bhuja — of the arms; kṛntanam — the cutting,; prāgjyotiṣa-patim — the master of the city Prāgjyotiṣa; hatvā — killing; kanyānām — of the unmarried virgins; haraṇam — the removal; ca — and; yat — which.

Translation

Also narrated are how Lord Kṛṣṇa, in the battle with Bāṇāsura, defeated Lord Śiva by making him yawn, how the Lord cut off Bāṇāsura’s arms, and how He killed the master of Prāgjyotiṣapura and then rescued the young princesses held captive in that city.