आशीविषतमाहीन्द्रं दमित्वा विमदं ह्रदात् । प्रसह्योद्वास्य यमुनां चक्रेऽसौ निर्विषोदकाम् ॥ १२ ॥
āśī-viṣatamāhīndraṁ damitvā vimadaṁ hradāt prasahyodvāsya yamunāṁ cakre ’sau nirviṣodakām
- āśī
- of his fangs
- viṣa-tama
- having the most powerful poison
- ahi
- of the snakes
- indram
- the chief
- damitvā
- subduing
- vimadam
- whose pride was removed
- hradāt
- from the lake
- prasahya
- by force
- udvāsya
- sending him away
- yamunām
- the river Yamunā
- cakre
- made
- asau
- He
- nirviṣa
- free from poison
- udakām
- its water
Kṛṣṇa chastised the most poisonous serpent, Kāliya, and after humbling him He drove him forcibly from the lake of the Yamunā. In this way the Lord made the water of that river free of the snake’s powerful poison.