Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.13.32

jaghāna rundhānam asahya-vikramaḿ

sa līlayebhaḿ mṛgarāḍ ivāmbhasi

tad-rakta-pańkāńkita-gaṇḍa-tuṇḍo

yathā gajendro jagatīḿ vibhindan

SYNONYMS

jaghāna — killed; rundhānam — the obstructive enemy; asahya — unbearable; vikramam — prowess; saḥ — He; līlayā — easily; ibham — the elephant; mṛga-rāṭ — the lion; iva — like; ambhasi — in the water; tat-rakta — of his blood; pańka-ańkita — smeared by the pool; gaṇḍa — cheeks; tuṇḍaḥ — tongue; yathā — as if; gajendraḥ — the elephant; jagatīm — earth; vibhindan — digging.

TRANSLATION

Thereupon Lord Boar killed the demon within the water, just as a lion kills an elephant. The cheeks and tongue of the Lord became smeared with the blood of the demon, just as an elephant becomes reddish from digging in the purple earth.

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