पुच्छे प्रगृह्यातिबलं धनुष: पञ्चविंशतिम् । विचकर्ष यथा नागं सुपर्ण इव लीलया ॥ ८ ॥
pucche pragṛhyāti-balaṁ dhanuṣaḥ pañca-viṁśatim vicakarṣa yathā nāgaṁ suparṇa iva līlayā
- pucche
- by his tail
- pragṛhya
- grabbing him
- ati-balam
- the extremely powerful (elephant)
- dhanuṣaḥ
- bow-lengths
- pañca-viṁśatim
- twenty-five
- vicakarṣa
- He dragged
- yathā
- as
- nāgam
- a snake
- suparṇaḥ
- Garuḍa
- iva
- as
- līlayā
- playfully
Lord Kṛṣṇa then grabbed the powerful Kuvalayāpīḍa by the tail and playfully dragged him twenty-five bow-lengths as easily as Garuḍa might drag a snake.