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ŚB 10.43.5

Devanagari

एवं निर्भर्त्सितोऽम्बष्ठ: कुपित: कोपितं गजम् । चोदयामास कृष्णाय कालान्तकयमोपमम् ॥ ५ ॥

Text

evaṁ nirbhartsito ’mbaṣṭhaḥ
kupitaḥ kopitaṁ gajam
codayām āsa kṛṣṇāya
kālāntaka-yamopamam

Synonyms

evam — thus; nirbhartsitaḥ — threatened; ambaṣṭhaḥ — the elephant-keeper; kupitaḥ — angered; kopitam — the enraged; gajam — elephant; codayām āsa — he goaded; kṛṣṇāya — toward Kṛṣṇa; kāla — time; antaka — death; yama — and Yamarāja; upamam — comparable to.

Translation

Thus threatened, the elephant-keeper became angry. He goaded his furious elephant, who appeared equal to time, death and Yamarāja, into attacking Lord Kṛṣṇa.