ततो रथादवप्लुत्य खड्गपाणिर्जिघांसया । कृष्णमभ्यद्रवत् क्रुद्ध: पतङ्ग इव पावकम् ॥ ३० ॥
tato rathād avaplutya khaḍga-pāṇir jighāṁsayā kṛṣṇam abhyadravat kruddhaḥ pataṅga iva pāvakam
- tataḥ
- then
- rathāt
- from his chariot
- avaplutya
- leaping down
- khaḍga
- a sword
- paṇiḥ
- in his hand
- jighāṁsayā
- with the desire to kill
- kṛṣṇam
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
- abhyadravat
- he ran toward
- kruddhaḥ
- furious
- pataṅgaḥ
- a bird
- iva
- as
- pāvakam
- the wind
Then Rukmī leaped down from his chariot and, sword in hand, rushed furiously toward Kṛṣṇa to kill Him, like a bird flying into the wind.