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ŚB 10.43.8

Devanagari

पुच्छे प्रगृह्यातिबलं धनुष: पञ्चविंशतिम् । विचकर्ष यथा नागं सुपर्ण इव लीलया ॥ ८ ॥

Text

pucche pragṛhyāti-balaṁ
dhanuṣaḥ pañca-viṁśatim
vicakarṣa yathā nāgaṁ
suparṇa iva līlayā

Synonyms

pucche — by his tail; pragṛhya — grabbing him; ati-balam — the extremely powerful (elephant); dhanuṣaḥ — bow-lengths; pañca-viṁśatim — twenty-five; vicakarṣa — He dragged; yathā — as; nāgam — a snake; suparṇaḥ — Garuḍa; iva — as; līlayā — playfully.

Translation

Lord Kṛṣṇa then grabbed the powerful Kuvalayāpīḍa by the tail and playfully dragged him twenty-five bow-lengths as easily as Garuḍa might drag a snake.