Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.78.3

taḿ tathāyāntam ālokya

gadām ādāya satvaraḥ

avaplutya rathāt kṛṣṇaḥ

sindhuḿ veleva pratyadhāt

SYNONYMS

tam — him; tathā — in this way; āyāntam — approaching; ālokya — seeing; gadām — His club; ādāya — taking; satvaraḥ — quickly; avaplutya — leaping down; rathāt — from His chariot; kṛṣṇaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; sindhum — the sea; velā — the shore; iva — as; pratyadhāt — checked.

TRANSLATION

Seeing Dantavakra approach, Lord Kṛṣṇa quickly picked up His club, jumped down from His chariot and stopped His advancing opponent just as the shore holds back the ocean.

PURPORT

Śrīla Prabhupāda writes, "When Kṛṣṇa appeared before Dantavakra, his heroic march was immediately stopped, just as the great furious waves of the ocean are stopped by the beach."

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