कंसं नागायुतप्राणं मल्लौ गजपतिं यथा । अवधिष्टां लीलयैव पशूनिव मृगाधिप: ॥ २४ ॥
kaṁsaṁ nāgāyuta-prāṇaṁ mallau gaja-patiṁ yathā avadhiṣṭāṁ līlayaiva paśūn iva mṛgādhipaḥ
- kaṁsam
- Kaṁsa
- nāga
- of elephants
- ayuta
- ten thousand
- prāṇam
- whose vital strength
- mallau
- the two wrestlers (Cāṇūra and Muṣṭika)
- gaja-patim
- the king of the elephants (Kuvalayāpīḍa)
- yathā
- inasmuch as
- avadhiṣṭām
- the two of Them killed
- līlayā
- as a game
- eva
- simply
- paśūn
- animals
- iva
- as
- mṛga-adhipaḥ
- the lion, king of animals
After all, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma killed Kaṁsa, who was as strong as ten thousand elephants, as well as the wrestlers Cāṇūra and Muṣṭika and the elephant Kuvalayāpīḍa. They killed them all sportingly, as easily as a lion disposes of small animals.