नाचलत्तत्प्रहारेण मालाहत इव द्विप: । बाह्वोर्निगृह्य चाणूरं बहुशो भ्रामयन् हरि: ॥ २२ ॥ भूपृष्ठे पोथयामास तरसा क्षीणजीवितम् । विस्रस्ताकल्पकेशस्रगिन्द्रध्वज इवापतत् ॥ २३ ॥
nācalat tat-prahāreṇa mālāhata iva dvipaḥ bāhvor nigṛhya cāṇūraṁ bahuśo bhrāmayan hariḥ bhū-pṛṣṭhe pothayām āsa tarasā kṣīṇa jīvitam visrastākalpa-keśa-srag indra-dhvaja ivāpatat
- na acalat
- He (Lord Kṛṣṇa) did not move
- tat-prahāreṇa
- because of his blows
- mālā
- with a garland
- āhata
- struck
- iva
- as
- dvipaḥ
- an elephant
- bāhvoḥ
- by the two arms
- nigṛhya
- seizing
- cāṇūram
- Cāṇūra
- bahuśaḥ
- several times
- bhrāmayan
- whirling him around
- hariḥ
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
- bhū
- of the earth
- pṛṣṭhe
- onto the surface
- pothayām āsa
- hurled
- tarasā
- forcefully
- kṣīṇa
- becoming lost
- jīvitam
- his life
- visrasta
- scattered
- ākalpa
- his clothing
- keśa
- hair
- srak
- and flower garland
- indra-dhvajaḥ
- a tall festival column
- iva
- as if
- apatat
- he fell
No more shaken by the demon’s mighty blows than an elephant struck with a flower garland, Lord Kṛṣṇa grabbed Cāṇūra by his arms, swung him around several times and hurled him onto the ground with great force. His clothes, hair and garland scattering, the wrestler fell down dead, like a huge festival column collapsing.