Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 36: The Slaying of Arista, the Bull Demon

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.36.13

tam apatantam sa nigrhya srngayoh

pada samakramya nipatya bhu-tale

nispidayam asa yathardram ambaram

krtva visanena jaghana so 'patat

SYNONYMS

tam -- him; apatantam -- attacking; sah -- He; nigrhya -- seizing; srngayoh -- by the horns; pada -- with His foot; samakramya -- treading; nipatya -- making him fall; bhu-tale -- onto the ground; nispidayam asa -- He beat him; yatha -- like; ardram -- wet; ambaram -- a garment; krtva -- making; visanena -- with his horn; jaghana -- struck; sah -- he; apatat -- fell.

TRANSLATION

As Arista attacked, Lord Krsna seized him by the horns and knocked him to the ground with His foot. The Lord then thrashed him as if he were a wet cloth, and finally He yanked out one of the demon's horns and struck him with it until he lay prostrate.

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