चक्रेण क्षुरधारेण जहार पिबत: शिर: । हरिस्तस्य कबन्धस्तु सुधयाप्लावितोऽपतत् ॥ २५ ॥
cakrena ksura-dharena jahara pibatah sirah haris tasya kabandhas tu sudhayaplavito ’patat
- cakrena
- by the disc
- ksura-dharena
- which was sharp like a razor
- jahara
- cut off
- pibatah
- while drinking nectar
- sirah
- the head
- harih
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- tasya
- of that Rahu
- kabandhah tu
- but the headless body
- sudhaya
- by the nectar
- aplavitah
- without being touched
- apatat
- immediately fell dead.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, using His disc, which was sharp like a razor, at once cut off Rahu’s head. When Rahu’s head was severed from his body, the body, being untouched by the nectar, could not survive.