Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 43: Kṛṣṇa Kills the Elephant Kuvalayāpīḍa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.43.11

sa dhāvan kṛīdayā bhūmau

patitvā sahasotthitaḥ

tam matvā patitaḿ kruddho

dantābhyāḿ so 'hanat kṣitim

SYNONYMS

saḥHe; dhāvan — running; krīḍayā — playfully; bhūmau — on the ground; patitvā — falling; sahasā — suddenly; utthitaḥ — getting up; tam — Him; matvā — thinking; patitam — fallen; kruddhaḥ — angry; dantābhyām — with his tusks; saḥhe, Kuvalayāpīḍa; ahanat — struck; kṣitim — the earth.

TRANSLATION

As Kṛṣṇa dodged about, He playfully fell on the ground and quickly got up again. The raging elephant, thinking Kṛṣṇa was down, tried to gore Him with his tusks but struck the earth instead.

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