चैलेन बद्ध्वा तमसाधुकारीणं सश्मश्रुकेशं प्रवपन् व्यरूपयत् । तावन्ममर्दु: परसैन्यमद्भुतं यदुप्रवीरा नलिनीं यथा गजा: ॥ ३५ ॥
cailena baddhvā tam asādhu-kārīṇaṁ sa-śmaśru-keśaṁ pravapan vyarūpayat tāvan mamarduḥ para-sainyam adbhutaṁ yadu-pravīrā nalinīṁ yathā gajāḥ
- cailena
- with a strip of cloth
- baddhvā
- tying up
- tam
- him
- asādhu-kāriṇam
- the evil-doer
- sa-śmaśru-keśam
- leaving some of his mustache and hair remaining
- pravapan
- by shaving him
- vyarūpayat
- made him disfigured
- tāvat
- by then
- mamarduḥ
- they had crushed
- para
- opposing
- sainyam
- the army
- adbhutam
- extraordinary
- yadu-pravīrāḥ
- the heroes of the Yadu dynasty
- nalinīm
- a lotus flower
- yathā
- as
- gajāḥ
- elephants
Lord Kṛṣṇa tied up the evil-doer with a strip of cloth. He then proceeded to disfigure Rukmī by comically shaving him, leaving parts of his mustache and hair. By that time the Yadu heroes had crushed the extraordinary army of their opponents, just as elephants crush a lotus flower.