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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.43.5

evaḿ nirbhartsito 'mbaṣṭhaḥ

kupitaḥ kopitaḿ gajam

codayām āsa kṛṣṇāya

kālāntaka-yamopamam

SYNONYMS

evam — thus; nirbhartsitaḥ — threatened; ambaṣṭhaḥ — the elephant-keeper; kupitaḥ — angered; kopitam — the enraged; gajam — elephant; codayām āsahe goaded; kṛṣṇāya — toward Kṛṣṇa; kāla — time; antaka — death; yama — and Yamarāja; upamam — comparable to.

TRANSLATION

Thus threatened, the elephant-keeper became angry. He goaded his furious elephant, who appeared equal to time, death and Yamarāja, into attacking Lord Kṛṣṇa.

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