tac chrutvā kupito rājan

bhagavān bhagavat-priyaḥ

vijighāḿsur mahā-vegaḥ

kāliyaḿ samapādravat

tat -- that; srutva -- hearing; kupitah -- angered; rajan -- 0 King; bhagavan -- the powerful Garuda; bhagavat-priyah -- the dear devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vijighamsuh -- desiring to kill; maha-vegah -- the greatly swift; kaliyam -- to Kaliya; samupadravat -- he rushed.


Texto

O King, the greatly powerful Garuda, who is very dear to the Supreme Lord, became angry when he heard of this. Desiring to kill Kaliya, he rushed toward the serpent with tremendous speed.

Significado

Srila Sanatana Gosvami explains that the word maha-vega indicates that the great speed of Garuda cannot be checked by anyone.