तं जिह्वया द्विशिखया परिलेलिहानं द्वे सृक्वणी ह्यतिकरालविषाग्निदृष्टिम् । क्रीडन्नमुं परिससार यथा खगेन्द्रो बभ्राम सोऽप्यवसरं प्रसमीक्षमाण: ॥ २५ ॥
taṁ jihvayā dvi-śikhayā parilelihānaṁ dve sṛkvaṇī hy ati-karāla-viṣāgni-dṛṣṭim krīḍann amuṁ parisasāra yathā khagendro babhrāma so ’py avasaraṁ prasamīkṣamāṇaḥ
- tam
- him, Kāliya
- jihvayā
- with his tongue
- dvi-śikhayā
- having two points
- parilelihānam
- repeatedly licking
- dve
- his two
- sṛkvaṇī
- lips
- hi
- indeed
- ati-karāla
- most terrible
- viṣa-agni
- full of poisonous fire
- dṛṣṭim
- whose glance
- krīḍan
- playing
- amum
- him
- parisasāra
- moved around
- yathā
- just as
- khaga-indraḥ
- the king of birds, Garuḍa
- babhrāma
- wandered around
- saḥ
- Kāliya
- api
- also
- avasaram
- the opportunity (to strike)
- prasamīkṣamāṇaḥ
- carefully looking for
Again and again Kāliya licked his lips with his bifurcated tongues as He stared at Kṛṣṇa with a glance full of terrible, poisonous fire. But Kṛṣṇa playfully circled around him, just as Garuḍa would play with a snake. In response, Kāliya also moved about, looking for an opportunity to bite the Lord.