गृहीत्वा शृङ्गयोस्तं वा अष्टादश पदानि स: । प्रत्यपोवाह भगवान् गज: प्रतिगजं यथा ॥ ११ ॥
gṛhītvā śṛṅgayos taṁ vā aṣṭādaśa padāni saḥ pratyapovāha bhagavān gajaḥ prati-gajaṁ yathā
- gṛhītvā
- seizing
- śṛṅgayoḥ
- by the horns
- tam
- him
- vai
- indeed
- aṣṭādaśa
- eighteen
- padāni
- steps
- saḥ
- He
- pratyapovāha
- threw back
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Lord
- gajaḥ
- an elephant
- prati-gajam
- a rival elephant
- yathā
- like
The Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa seized Ariṣṭāsura by the horns and threw him back eighteen steps, just as an elephant might do when fighting a rival elephant.