एवं निर्भर्त्सितोऽम्बष्ठ: कुपित: कोपितं गजम् । चोदयामास कृष्णाय कालान्तकयमोपमम् ॥ ५ ॥
evaṁ nirbhartsito ’mbaṣṭhaḥ kupitaḥ kopitaṁ gajam codayām āsa kṛṣṇāya kālāntaka-yamopamam
- evam
- thus
- nirbhartsitaḥ
- threatened
- ambaṣṭhaḥ
- the elephant-keeper
- kupitaḥ
- angered
- kopitam
- the enraged
- gajam
- elephant
- codayām āsa
- he goaded
- kṛṣṇāya
- toward Kṛṣṇa
- kāla
- time
- antaka
- death
- yama
- and Yamarāja
- upamam
- comparable to
Thus threatened, the elephant-keeper became angry. He goaded his furious elephant, who appeared equal to time, death and Yamarāja, into attacking Lord Kṛṣṇa.