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# Bhagavatapurana 10.59.21

Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10.59.21

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [10.59.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.59.21)

śūlaṃ bhaumo 'cyutaṃ hantum ādade vitathodyamaḥ /  
tad-visargāt pūrvam eva narakasya śiro hariḥ /  
apāharad gaja-sthasya cakreṇa kṣura-neminā //

> 21. His previous attempt having failed, Bhauma snatched up Sula to strike at Achyuta: but before he discharged it, Hari cut off with His keen-edged Chakra the head of Naraka who was seated on the elephant.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

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## Translations (2)

- [The Srimad Bhagavatam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-subbarau.10.59.p29) — S. Subba Rau 1928, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.59.21) — English, machine translation

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