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ŚB 10.72.43

Devanagari

एकं पादं पदाक्रम्य दोर्भ्यामन्यं प्रगृह्य स: ।
गुदत: पाटयामास शाखमिव महागज: ॥ ४३ ॥

Text

ekam pādaṁ padākramya
dorbhyām anyaṁ pragṛhya saḥ
gudataḥ pāṭayām āsa
śākham iva mahā-gajaḥ

Synonyms

ekam — one; pādam — leg; padā — with his foot; ākramya — standing on top of; dorbhyām — with his two hands; anyam — the other; pragṛhya — taking hold of; saḥ — he; gudataḥ — beginning from the anus; pāṭayām āsa — tore him asunder; śākhām — a tree branch; iva — as; mahā — great; gajaḥ — an elephant.

Translation

Bhīma pressed down on one leg with his foot while grabbing Jarāsandha’s other leg in his hands, and just as a great elephant might break the branch of a tree, Bhīma tore Jarāsandha apart from the anus upward.