तस्य ह्रदे विहरतो भुजदण्डघूर्ण- वार्घोषमङ्ग वरवारणविक्रमस्य । आश्रुत्य तत् स्वसदनाभिभवं निरीक्ष्य चक्षु:श्रवा: समसरत्तदमृष्यमाण: ॥ ८ ॥
tasya hrade viharato bhuja-daṇḍa-ghūrṇa- vār-ghoṣam aṅga vara-vāraṇa-vikramasya āśrutya tat sva-sadanābhibhavaṁ nirīkṣya cakṣuḥ-śravāḥ samasarat tad amṛṣyamāṇaḥ
- tasya
- of Him
- hrade
- in his lake
- viharataḥ
- who was playing
- bhuja-daṇḍa
- by His mighty arms
- ghūrṇa
- swirled about
- vāḥ
- of the water
- ghoṣam
- the resounding
- aṅga
- my dear King
- vara-vāraṇa
- like a great elephant
- vikramasya
- whose prowess
- āśrutya
- hearing
- tat
- that
- sva-sadana
- of his own residence
- abhibhavam
- the trespassing
- nirīkṣya
- taking note of
- cakṣuḥ-śravāḥ
- Kāliya
- samasarat
- came forward
- tat
- that
- amṛṣyamāṇaḥ
- being unable to tolerate
Kṛṣṇa began sporting in Kāliya’s lake like a lordly elephant — swirling His mighty arms and making the water resound in various ways. When Kāliya heard these sounds, he understood that someone was trespassing in his lake. The serpent could not tolerate this and immediately came forward.