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ŚB 10.59.9

Devanagari

तदापतद् वै त्रिशिखं गरुत्मते
हरि: शराभ्यामभिनत्‍त्रिधोजसा ।
मुखेषु तं चापि शरैरताडयत्
तस्मै गदां सोऽपि रुषा व्यमुञ्चत ॥ ९ ॥

Text

tadāpatad vai tri-śikhaṁ garutmate
hariḥ śarābhyām abhinat tridhojasā
mukheṣu taṁ cāpi śarair atāḍayat
tasmai gadāṁ so ’pi ruṣā vyamuñcata

Synonyms

tadā — then; āpatat — flying; vai — indeed; tri-śikham — the trident; garutmate — toward Garuḍa; hariḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; śarābhyām — with two arrows; abhinat — broke; tridhā — into three pieces; ojasā — forcefully; mukheṣu — on his faces; tam — him, Mura; ca — and; api — also; śaraiḥ — with arrows; atāḍayat — He struck; tasmai — at Him, Lord Kṛṣṇa; gadām — his club; saḥ — he, Mura; api — and; ruṣā — in anger; vyamuñcata — released.

Translation

Then with two arrows Lord Hari struck the trident flying toward Garuḍa and broke it into three pieces. Next the Lord hit Mura’s faces with several arrows, and the demon angrily hurled his club at the Lord.