Text 13] The Killing of the Demon Piatana 13
PURPORT
Srila Viévanatha Cakravarti Thakura remarks that in this verse the
word rasdé refers to the planetary systems below the earth, such as
Rasiatala, Atala, Vitala, Sutala and Talatala.
TEXT 13
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ae Fata asta |
FATA wes | TNT AT TAT
TET «FA RATIKYT RRM
nisd-carittham vyathita-stand vyasur
vyadaya kesams caranau bhujav api
prasarya gosthe nija-ripam dsthita ~
vajrahato vrtra ivépatan nrpa
nisd-cari—the Raksasi; ittham—in this way; vyathita-stand—being
severely aggrieved because of pressure on her breast; vyasuh—lost her
life; vyddaéya—opening her mouth wide; kesén—bunch of hairs;
caranau—her two legs; bhujau—her two hands; api—also; prasérya—
expanding; gosthe—in the pasturing ground; nija-ripam dsthita—re-
mained in her original demoniac form; vajra-Ghatah—killed by the
thunderbolt of Indra; vrtrah—Vrtrasura; iva—as if; apatat—fell down;
nrpa—O King.
TRANSLATION
In this way the demon Patani, very much aggrieved because her
breast was being attacked by Krsna, lost her life. O King Pariksit,
opening her mouth wide and spreading her arms, legs and hair,
she fell down in the pasturing ground in her original form as a
Raksasi, as Vrtrasura had fallen when killed by the thunderbolt of
Indra.
PURPORT
Piitana was a great Raksasi who knew the art of covering her original
form by mystic power, but when she was killed her mystic power could
not hide her, and she appeared in her original form.
