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Chapter 10: Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees

Verse 37 of 65
SB 7.10.37

शयानौ युधि निर्भिन्न हृदयौ रामशायकैः तच्चित्तौ जहतुर्देहं यथा प्राक्तनजन्मनि

śayānau yudhi nirbhinna- hṛdayau rāma-śāyakaiḥ tac-cittau jahatur dehaṁ yathā prāktana-janmani

Synonyms

śayānau—being laid down; yudhi—on the battlefield; nirbhinna—being pierced; hṛdayau—in the core of the heart; rāma-śāyakaiḥ—by the arrows of Lord Rāmacandra; tat-cittau—thinking or being conscious of Lord Rāmacandra; jahatuḥ—gave up; deham—body; yathā—even as; prāktana-janmani—in their previous births..

Translation

Pierced by the arrows of Lord Rāmacandra, both Kumbhakarṇa and Rāvaṇa lay on the ground and left their bodies, fully absorbed in thought of the Lord, just as they had in their previous births as Hiraṇyākṣa and Hiraṇyakaśipu.

Verse 37 of 65