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ŚB 10.43.6

Devanagari

करीन्द्रस्तमभिद्रुत्य करेण तरसाग्रहीत् । कराद्विगलित: सोऽमुं निहत्याङ्‍‍‍‍‍घ्रिष्वलीयत ॥ ६ ॥

Text

karīndras tam abhidrutya
kareṇa tarasāgrahīt
karād vigalitaḥ so ’muṁ
nihatyāṅghriṣv alīyata

Synonyms

kari — of elephants; indraḥ — the lord; tam — Him; abhidrutya — running toward; kareṇa — with his trunk; tarasā — violently; agrahīt — seized; karāt — from the trunk; vigalitaḥ — slipping away; saḥ — He, Kṛṣṇa; amum — him, Kuvalayāpīḍa; nihatya — striking; aṅghriṣu — among his legs; alīyata — He disappeared.

Translation

The lord of the elephants charged Kṛṣṇa and violently seized Him with his trunk. But Kṛṣṇa slipped away, struck him a blow and disappeared from his view among his legs.

Purport

Lord Kṛṣṇa struck the elephant with His fist and then disappeared among his legs.