Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order

Chapter 14: The Story of King Vena. Text 34

इत्थं व्यवसिता हन्तुमृषयो रूढमन्यवः ।
निजघ्नुर्हुङ्कृतैर्वेनं हतमच्युतनिन्दया ॥३४॥

itthaá¹ vyavasitÄ hantum
ṛṣayo rÅ«á¸ha-manyavaḥ
nijaghnur huá¹…ká¹›tair venaá¹
hatam acyuta-nindayÄ

 ittham - thus; vyavasitÄḥ - decided; hantum - to kill; á¹›á¹£ayaḥ - the sages; rÅ«á¸ha - manifested; manyavaḥ - their anger; nijaghnuḥ - they killed; hum-ká¹›taiḥ - by angry words or by sounds of hum; venam - King Vena; hatam - dead; acyuta - against the Supreme Personality of Godhead; nindayÄ - by blasphemy.


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The great sages, thus manifesting their covert anger, immediately decided to kill the King. King Vena was already as good as dead due to his blasphemy against the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus without using any weapons, the sages killed King Vena simply by high-sounding words.

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