darpopaÅ›amanÄyÄsya
pravá¹›ká¹‡Ä bÄhavo mayÄ
sūditaṠca balaṠbhūri
yac ca bhÄrÄyitaá¹ bhuvaḥ

 darpa - the false pride; upaÅ›amanÄya - for subduing; asya - his; pravá¹›kṇÄḥ - severed; bÄhavaḥ - arms; mayÄ - by Me; sÅ«ditam - slain; ca - and; balam - the military force; bhÅ«ri - huge; yat - which; ca - and; bhÄrÄyitam - having become a burden; bhuvaḥ - for the earth.


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It was to subdue BÄṇÄsura’s false pride that I severed his arms. And I slew his mighty army because it had become a burden upon the earth.

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