Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 43: Kṛṣṇa Kills the Elephant Kuvalayāpīḍa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.43.31

janeṣv evaḿ bruvāṇeṣu

tūryeṣu ninadatsu ca

kṛṣṇa-rāmau samābhāṣya

cāṇūro vākyam abravīt

SYNONYMS

janeṣuas the people; evam — thus; bruvāṇeṣu — were speaking; tūryeṣuas the musical instruments; ninadatsu — were resounding; ca — and; kṛṣṇa-rāmauKṛṣṇa and Balarāma; samābhāṣya — addressing; cānūraḥ — the demonic wrestler Cāṇūra; vākyam — words; abravīt — said.

TRANSLATION

While the people talked in this way and the musical instruments resounded, the wrestler Cāṇūra addressed Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma with the following words.

PURPORT

Cāṇūra could not tolerate that the audience was praising Kṛṣṇa so highly. Therefore he had to say something to the two brothers.

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