स धावन् क्रीडया भूमौ पतित्वा सहसोत्थित: । तं मत्वा पतितं क्रुद्धो दन्ताभ्यां सोऽहनत्क्षितिम् ॥ ११ ॥
sa dhāvan kṛīdayā bhūmau patitvā sahasotthitaḥ tam matvā patitaṁ kruddho dantābhyāṁ so ’hanat kṣitim
- saḥ
- He
- dhāvan
- running
- krīḍayā
- playfully
- bhūmau
- on the ground
- patitvā
- falling
- sahasā
- suddenly
- utthitaḥ
- getting up
- tam
- Him
- matvā
- thinking
- patitam
- fallen
- kruddhaḥ
- angry
- dantābhyām
- with his tusks
- saḥ
- he, Kuvalayāpīḍa
- ahanat
- struck
- kṣitim
- the earth
As Kṛṣṇa dodged about, He playfully fell on the ground and quickly got up again. The raging elephant, thinking Kṛṣṇa was down, tried to gore Him with his tusks but struck the earth instead.