Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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cakraṁ ca viṣṇos tad-anupraviṣṭaṁ
vārānasīṁ sāṭṭa-sabhālayāpaṇām
sa-gopurāṭṭālaka-koṣṭha-saṅkulāṁ
sa-kośa-hasty-aśva-rathānna-śālinīm

WORD BY WORD



TRANSLATION

Lord Viṣṇu’s disc also entered Vārāṇasī, in pursuit of the fiery demon, and proceeded to burn the city to the ground, including all its assembly halls and residential palaces with raised porches, its numerous marketplaces, gateways, watchtowers, warehouses and treasuries, and all the buildings housing elephants, horses, chariots and grains.

PURPORT

This verse has not purport by His Holiness Hṛdayānanda dās Gosvāmi, initiated disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svāmī Prabhupāda.



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