Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 36: The Slaying of Arista, the Bull Demon

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.36.13

tam āpatantaḿ sa nigṛhya śṛńgayoḥ

padā samākramya nipātya bhū-tale

niṣpīḍayām āsa yathārdram ambaraḿ

kṛtvā viṣāṇena jaghāna so 'patat

SYNONYMS

tam — him; āpatantam — attacking; saḥHe; nigṛhya — seizing; śṛńgayoḥ — by the horns; padā — with His foot; samākramya — treading; nipātya — making him fall; bhū-tale — onto the ground; niṣpīḍayām āsaHe beat him; yathā — like; ardram — wet; ambarama garment; kṛtvā — making; viṣāṇena — with his horn; jaghāna — struck; saḥhe; apatat — fell.

TRANSLATION

As Ariṣṭa attacked, Lord Kṛṣṇa seized him by the horns and knocked him to the ground with His foot. The Lord then thrashed him as if he were a wet cloth, and finally He yanked out one of the demon's horns and struck him with it until he lay prostrate.

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