Shloka 12
The Slaying of Narakāsura (Bhaumāsura), Rescue of the Princesses, and the Pārijāta Episode Begins
ताम्रोऽन्तरिक्ष: श्रवणो विभावसु- र्वसुर्नभस्वानरुणश्च सप्तम: । पीठं पुरस्कृत्य चमूपतिं मृधे भौमप्रयुक्ता निरगन् धृतायुधा: ॥ १२ ॥
tāmro ’ntarikṣaḥ śravaṇo vibhāvasur vasur nabhasvān aruṇaś ca saptamaḥ pīṭhaṁ puraskṛtya camū-patiṁ mṛdhe bhauma-prayuktā niragan dhṛtāyudhāḥ
Ordered by Bhaumasura, Mura’s seven sons — Tamra, Antariksa, Sravana, Vibhavasu, Vasu, Nabhasvan and Aruna — followed their general, Pitha, onto the battlefield bearing their weapons.
FAQs
They are leading fighters of Bhauma (Narakāsura)—Tāmra, Antarikṣa, Śravaṇa, Vibhāvasu, Vasu, Nabhasvān, and Aruṇa—marching out under the leadership of the army commander Pīṭha.
Because Lord Kṛṣṇa had come to defeat Narakāsura and liberate those he had oppressed; Narakāsura therefore deployed his chief warriors to confront Kṛṣṇa’s forces.
Adharma often organizes itself with many “commanders” (habits, pressures, temptations); the Bhagavatam’s message is to face them steadily with the right guidance and spiritual weapons—discipline, prayer, and devotion to Kṛṣṇa.