तमापतन्तमासाद्य भगवान् मधुसूदन: । निगृह्य पाणिना हस्तं पातयामास भूतले ॥ १३ ॥
tam āpatantam āsādya bhagavān madhusūdanaḥ nigṛhya pāṇinā hastaṁ pātayām āsa bhū-tale
- tam
- him
- āpatantam
- attacking
- āsādya
- confronting
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Lord
- madhu-sūdanaḥ
- the killer of the demon Madhu
- nigṛhya
- firmly seizing
- pāṇinā
- with His hand
- hastam
- his trunk
- pātayām āsa
- He made him fall
- bhū-tale
- onto the ground
The Supreme Lord, killer of the demon Madhu, confronted the elephant as he attacked. Seizing his trunk with one hand, Kṛṣṇa threw him to the ground.