Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 9


Sanskrit:

मुखं तदपिधायाज्ञ कङ्कगृध्रवटैर्वृत: ।शयिष्यसे हतस्तत्र भविता शरणं शुनाम् ॥ ९ ॥

ITRANS:

mukhaṁ tad apidhāyājñakaṅka-gṛdhra-vaṭair vṛtaḥśayiṣyase hatas tatrabhavitā śaraṇaṁ śunām

Translation:

“When you lie dead, O fool, your face covered by vultures, herons and vaṭa birds, you will become the shelter of dogs.”

Purport:

Pauṇḍraka foolishly told the Supreme Lord to come to him for shelter, but here Lord Kṛṣṇa tells him, “You are not My shelter, but rather you will become the shelter of dogs when they happily feast on your dead body.” Śrīla Prabhupāda vividly describes this scene as follows: “[Lord Kṛṣṇa told Pauṇḍraka, “When I shall destroy you,] foolish King, you will then have to conceal your face in disgrace, and when your head is severed from your body by My disc, it will be surrounded by meat-eating birds like vultures, hawks and eagles. At that time, instead of becoming My shelter, as you have demanded, you will be subject to the mercy of these lowborn birds. At that time your body will be thrown to the dogs, who will eat it with great pleasure.’”