तं तथायान्तमालोक्य गदामादाय सत्वर: । अवप्लुत्य रथात् कृष्ण: सिन्धुं वेलेव प्रत्यधात् ॥ ३ ॥
taṁ tathāyāntam ālokya gadām ādāya satvaraḥ avaplutya rathāt kṛṣṇaḥ sindhuṁ veleva pratyadhāt
- tam
- him
- tathā
- in this way
- āyāntam
- approaching
- ālokya
- seeing
- gadām
- His club
- ādāya
- taking
- satvaraḥ
- quickly
- avaplutya
- leaping down
- rathāt
- from His chariot
- kṛṣṇaḥ
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
- sindhum
- the sea
- velā
- the shore
- iva
- as
- pratyadhāt
- checked
Seeing Dantavakra approach, Lord Kṛṣṇa quickly picked up His club, jumped down from His chariot and stopped His advancing opponent just as the shore holds back the ocean.