[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Poetry (mahākāvya, lyric, messenger poems, stotra, Prakrit kāvya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya) › [Court epics (sargabandha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya) › [Kṛṣṇa epics](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.krsna) › [The Slaying of Śiśupāla](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.krsna.sisupalavadha) › 3.23 # The Slaying of Śiśupāla 3.23 Śiśupālavadha 3.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.krsna.sisupalavadha.3.23) dhvajāgradhāmā dadṛśe 'thaśauraiḥ saṃkrantamūrtirmaṇimedinīṣu / phaṇāvatastrāsayituṃ rasāyāstalaṃ vivakṣanniva pannagāriḥ // > Then, perched at the top of his banner, the foe of serpents was seen by the descendant of Śūra, / his form reflected upon the gem-paved grounds / as if wishing to enter the subterranean depths to terrify the hooded serpents. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.krsna.sisupalavadha.3.22) - [Next: 3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.krsna.sisupalavadha.3.24) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.krsna.sisupalavadha.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.krsna.sisupalavadha~en-mt.3.23) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (2) - [Sarvaṅkaṣā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.krsna.sisupalavadha!mallinatha.4.23) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit - [Śiśupālavadhaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.krsna.sisupalavadha!mallinatha-sisupalavadhatika.4.23) — Mallinātha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.krsna.sisupalavadha.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.krsna.sisupalavadha.3.23) · Pramāṇa