श्रीराजोवाच यथा हतो भगवता भौमो येने च ता: स्त्रिय: । निरुद्धा एतदाचक्ष्व विक्रमं शार्ङ्गधन्वन: ॥ १ ॥
śrī-rājovāca yathā hato bhagavatā bhaumo yene ca tāḥ striyaḥ niruddhā etad ācakṣva vikramaṁ śārṅga-dhanvanaḥ
- śrī-rājā uvāca
- the King (Parīkṣit) said
- yathā
- how
- hataḥ
- killed
- bhagavatā
- by the Supreme Lord
- bhaumaḥ
- Narakāsura, the son of Bhūmi, goddess of the earth
- yena
- by whom
- ca
- and
- tāḥ
- these
- striyaḥ
- women
- niruddhāḥ
- captured
- etat
- this
- ācakṣva
- please tell
- vikramam
- adventure
- śārṅga-dhanvanaḥ
- of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the possessor of the bow Śārṅga
[King Parīkṣit said:] How was Bhaumāsura, who kidnapped so many women, killed by the Supreme Lord? Please narrate this adventure of Lord Śārṅgadhanvā’s.