इति क्षिप्त्वा शितैर्बाणैर्विरथीकृत्य पौण्ड्रकम् । शिरोऽवृश्चद् रथाङ्गेन वज्रेणेन्द्रो यथा गिरे: ॥ २१ ॥
iti kṣiptvā śitair bāṇair virathī-kṛtya pauṇḍrakam śiro ’vṛścad rathāṅgena vajreṇendro yathā gireḥ
- iti
- with these words
- kṣiptvā
- deriding
- śitaiḥ
- sharp
- bāṇaiḥ
- with His arrows
- virathī
- chariotless
- kṛtya
- making
- pauṇḍrakam
- Pauṇḍraka
- śiraḥ
- his head
- avṛścat
- He cut off
- ratha-aṅgena
- with His Sudarśana disc
- vajreṇa
- with his thunderbolt weapon
- indraḥ
- Lord Indra
- yathā
- as
- gireḥ
- of a mountain
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.