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ŚB 10.43.13

Devanagari

तमापतन्तमासाद्य भगवान् मधुसूदन: । निगृह्य पाणिना हस्तं पातयामास भूतले ॥ १३ ॥

Text

tam āpatantam āsādya
bhagavān madhusūdanaḥ
nigṛhya pāṇinā hastaṁ
pātayām āsa bhū-tale

Synonyms

tam — him; āpatantam — attacking; āsādya — confronting; bhagavān — the Supreme Lord; madhu-sūdanaḥ — the killer of the demon Madhu; nigṛhya — firmly seizing; pāṇinā — with His hand; hastam — his trunk; pātayām āsa — He made him fall; bhū-tale — onto the ground.

Translation

The Supreme Lord, killer of the demon Madhu, confronted the elephant as he attacked. Seizing his trunk with one hand, Kṛṣṇa threw him to the ground.