स पर्यावर्तमानेन सव्यदक्षिणतोऽच्युत: । बभ्राम भ्राम्यमाणेन गोवत्सेनेव बालक: ॥ ९ ॥
sa paryāvartamānena savya-dakṣiṇato ’cyutaḥ babhrāma bhrāmyamāṇena go-vatseneva bālakaḥ
- saḥ
- He
- paryāvartamānena
- with him (the elephant) who was being moved around
- savya-dakṣiṇataḥ
- to the left and then the right
- acyutaḥ
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
- babhrāma
- moved also
- bhrāmyamāṇena
- together with him who was being moved
- go-vatsena
- with a calf
- iva
- just as
- bālakaḥ
- a young boy
As Lord Acyuta held on to the elephant’s tail, the animal tried to twist away to the left and to the right, making the Lord swerve in the opposite direction, as a young boy would swerve when pulling a calf by the tail.