Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.36.11

gṛhītvā śṛńgayos taḿ vā

aṣṭādaśa padāni saḥ

pratyapovāha bhagavān

gajaḥ prati-gajaḿ yathā

SYNONYMS

gṛhītvā — seizing; śṛńgayoḥ — by the horns; tam — him; vai — indeed; aṣṭādaśa — eighteen; padāni — steps; saḥ — He; pratyapovāha — threw back; bhagavān — the Supreme Lord; gajaḥ — an elephant; prati-gajam — a rival elephant; yathā — like.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa seized Ariṣṭāsura by the horns and threw him back eighteen steps, just as an elephant might do when fighting a rival elephant.

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