iti kṣiptvā śitair bāṇair
virathī-kṛtya pauṇḍrakam
śiro 'vṛścad rathāṅgena
vajreṇendro yathā gireḥ

 iti - with these words; kᚣiptvā - deriding; Ĺ›itaiḼ - sharp; bāṇaiḼ - with His arrows; virathÄŤ - chariotless; kṛtya - making; pauṇḍrakam - Pauṇḍraka; Ĺ›iraḼ - his head; avṛścat - He cut off; ratha-aṅgena - with His Sudarśana disc; vajreṇa - with his thunderbolt weapon; indraḼ - Lord Indra; yathā - as; gireḼ - of a mountain.


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Having thus derided Pauṇḍraka, Lord Kṛṣṇa destroyed his chariot with His sharp arrows. The Lord then cut off his head with the Sudarśana disc, just as Lord Indra lops off a mountain peak with his thunderbolt weapon.

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