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śrī-śuka uvāca indreṇa hṛta-chatreṇa hṛta-kuṇḍala-bandhunā hṛtāmarādri-sthānena jñāpito bhauma-ceṣṭitam sa-bhāryo garuḍārūḍhaḥ prāg-jyotiṣa-puraṁ yayau giri-durgaiḥ śastra-durgair jalāgny-anila-durgamam mura-pāśāyutair ghorair dṛḍhaiḥ sarvata āvṛtam
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- indreṇa
- by Lord Indra
- hṛta-chatreṇa
- who had suffered the theft of (Varuṇa’s) umbrella
- hṛta-kuṇḍala
- the theft of the earrings
- bandhunā
- of his relative (his mother, Aditi)
- hṛta
- and the theft
- amara-adri
- on the mountain of the demigods (Mandara)
- sthānena
- of the special location (the recreational area at its peak, known as Maṇi-parvata)
- jñāpitaḥ
- informed
- bhauma-ceṣṭitam
- of the activities of Bhauma
- sa
- together with
- bhāryaḥ
- His wife (Satyabhāmā)
- garuḍa-ārūḍhaḥ
- riding on the giant bird Garuḍa
- prāg-jyotiṣa-puram
- to the city of Prāgjyotiṣa-pura, Bhauma’s capital (still existing today as Tejpur in Assam)
- yayau
- He went
- giri
- consisting of mountains
- durgaiḥ
- by fortifications
- śastra
- consisting of weapons
- durgaiḥ
- by fortifications
- jala
- of water
- agni
- fire
- anila
- and wind
- durgamam
- made inaccessible by fortifications
- mura-pāśa
- by a dangerous wall of cables
- ayutaiḥ
- tens of thousands
- ghoraiḥ
- fearsome
- dṛḍhaiḥ
- and strong
- sarvataḥ
- on all sides
- āvṛtam
- surrounded
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After Bhauma had stolen the earrings belonging to Indra’s mother, along with Varuṇa’s umbrella and the demigods’ playground at the peak of Mandara mountain, Indra went to Lord Kṛṣṇa and informed Him of these misdeeds. The Lord, taking His wife Satyabhāmā with Him, then rode on Garuḍa to Prāgyotiṣa-pura, which was surrounded on all sides by fortifications consisting of hills, unmanned weapons, water, fire and wind, and by obstructions of mura-pāśa wire.