SB 3.19.25

TEXT 25

TEXT

तं मुष्टिभिर्विनिघ्नन्तं वज्रसारैरधोक्षजः ।
करेण कर्णमूले ऽहन् यथा त्वाष्ट्रं मरुत्पतिः ॥ २५ ॥

tam mustibhir vinighnantam

vajra-sarair adhoksajah

karena karna-mule 'han

yatha tvastram marut-patih

tam-Hiranyaksa; mustibhih-with his fists; vinighnantam-striking; vajra-saraih-as hard as a thunderbolt; adhoksajah-Lord Adhoksaja; karena-with the hand; karna-mule-at the root of the ear; ahan-struck; yatha-as; tvastram-the demon Vrtra (son of Tvasta); marut-patih-Indra (lord of the Maruts).

TRANSLATION

The demon now began to strike the Lord with his hard fists, but Lord Adhoksaja slapped him in the root of the ear, even as Indra, the lord of the Maruts, hit the demon Vrtra.

PURPORT

The Lord is explained here to be adhoksaja, beyond the reach of all material calculation. Aksaja means the measurement of our senses, and adhoksaja means that which is beyond the measurement of our senses.