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ŚB 10.41.37

Devanagari

एवं विकत्थमानस्य कुपितो देवकीसुत: ।
रजकस्य कराग्रेण शिर: कायादपातयत् ॥ ३७ ॥

Text

evaṁ vikatthamānasya
kupito devakī-sutaḥ
rajakasya karāgreṇa
śiraḥ kāyād apātayat

Synonyms

evam — thus; vikatthamānasya — who was brazenly speaking; kupitaḥ — angered; devakī-sutaḥ — Kṛṣṇa, the son of Devakī; rajakasya — of the washerman; kara — of one hand; agreṇa — with the front; śiraḥ — the head; kāyāt — from his body; apātayat — made fall.

Translation

As the washerman thus spoke brazenly, the son of Devakī became angry, and then merely with His fingertips He separated the man’s head from his body.