तं खड्गपाणिं विचरन्तमाशुश्येनं यथा दक्षिणसव्यमम्बरे । समग्रहीद् दुर्विषहोग्रतेजायथोरगं तार्क्ष्यसुत: प्रसह्य ॥ ३६ ॥
taṁ khaḍga-pāṇiṁ vicarantam āśu śyenaṁ yathā dakṣiṇa-savyam ambare samagrahīd durviṣahogra-tejā yathoragaṁ tārkṣya-sutaḥ prasahya
- tam
- him, Kaṁsa
- khaḍga
- with sword
- pāṇim
- in his hand
- vicarantam
- moving about
- āśu
- quickly
- śyenam
- a hawk
- yathā
- like
- dakṣiṇa-savyam
- right and left
- ambare
- in the sky
- samagrahīt
- seized
- durviṣaha
- irresistible
- ugra
- and fearsome
- tejāḥ
- whose strength
- yathā
- as
- uragam
- a snake
- tārkṣya-sutaḥ
- the son of Tārkṣya, Garuḍa
- prasahya
- by force
Sword in hand, Kaṁsa moved quickly from side to side like a hawk in the sky. But Lord Kṛṣṇa, whose fearsome strength is irresistible, powerfully seized the demon just as the son of Tārkṣya might capture a snake.