तमापतन्तं स निगृह्य शृङ्गयो: पदा समाक्रम्य निपात्य भूतले । निष्पीडयामास यथार्द्रमम्बरं कृत्वा विषाणेन जघान सोऽपतत् ॥ १३ ॥
tam āpatantaṁ sa nigṛhya śṛṅgayoḥ padā samākramya nipātya bhū-tale niṣpīḍayām āsa yathārdram ambaraṁ kṛtvā viṣāṇena jaghāna so ’patat
- tam
- him
- āpatantam
- attacking
- saḥ
- He
- nigṛhya
- seizing
- śṛṅgayoḥ
- by the horns
- padā
- with His foot
- samākramya
- treading
- nipātya
- making him fall
- bhū-tale
- onto the ground
- niṣpīḍayām āsa
- He beat him
- yathā
- like
- ardram
- wet
- ambaram
- a garment
- kṛtvā
- making
- viṣāṇena
- with his horn
- jaghāna
- struck
- saḥ
- he
- apatat
- fell
As Ariṣṭa attacked, Lord Kṛṣṇa seized him by the horns and knocked him to the ground with His foot. The Lord then thrashed him as if he were a wet cloth, and finally He yanked out one of the demon’s horns and struck him with it until he lay prostrate.