स्वविक्रमे प्रतिहते कुञ्जरेन्द्रोऽत्यमर्षित: । चोद्यमानो महामात्रै: कृष्णमभ्यद्रवद् रुषा ॥ १२ ॥
sva-vikrame pratihate kuñjarendro ’ty-amarṣitaḥ codyamāno mahāmātraiḥ kṛṣṇam abhyadravad ruṣā
- sva
- his
- vikrame
- prowess
- pratihate
- being thwarted
- kuñjara-indraḥ
- the lord of elephants
- ati
- extreme
- amarṣitaḥ
- with frustrated anger
- codyamānaḥ
- urged on
- mahāmātraiḥ
- by the elephant-keepers
- kṛṣṇam
- at Kṛṣṇa
- abhyadravat
- he charged
- ruṣā
- furiously
His prowess foiled, the lordly elephant Kuvalayāpīḍa went into a frenzied rage out of frustration. But the elephant-keepers goaded him on, and he furiously charged Kṛṣṇa once again.