Canto 9: LiberationChapter 8: The Sons of Sagara Meet Lord Kapiladeva

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.8.9-10

prāg-udīcyāḿ diśi hayaḿ

dadṛśuḥ kapilāntike

eṣa vāji-haraś caura

āste mīlita-locanaḥ

hanyatāḿ hanyatāḿ pāpa

iti ṣaṣṭi-sahasriṇaḥ

udāyudhā abhiyayur

unmimeṣa tadā muniḥ

SYNONYMS

prāk-udīcyāmin the northeastern; diśi — direction; hayam — the horse; dadṛśuḥ — they saw; kapila-antike — near the āśrama of Kapila; eṣaḥ — here is; vāji-haraḥ — the horse thief; cauraḥ — the thief; āste — existing; mīlita-locanaḥ — with closed eyes; hanyatām hanyatām — kill him, kill him; pāpaḥa most sinful person; itiin this way; ṣaṣṭi-sahasriṇaḥ — the sixty thousand sons of Sagara; udāyudhāḥ — raising their respective weapons; abhiyayuḥ — they approached; unmimeṣa — opened His eyes; tadā — at that time; muniḥKapila Muni.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, in the northeastern direction, they saw the horse near the āśrama of Kapila Muni. "Here is the man who has stolen the horse," they said. "He is staying there with closed eyes. Certainly he is very sinful. Kill him! Kill him!" Shouting like this, the sons of Sagara, sixty thousand all together, raised their weapons. When they approached the sage, the sage opened His eyes.

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