Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.43.8

pucche pragṛhyāti-balaḿ

dhanuṣaḥ pañca-viḿśatim

vicakarṣa yathā nāgaḿ

suparṇa iva līlayā

SYNONYMS

pucche — by his tail; pragṛhya — grabbing him; ati-balam — the extremely powerful (elephant); dhanuṣaḥ — bow-lengths; pañca-viḿśatim — twenty-five; vicakarṣa — He dragged; yathā — as; nāgam — a snake; suparṇaḥ — Garuḍa; iva — as; līlayā — playfully.

TRANSLATION

Lord Kṛṣṇa then grabbed the powerful Kuvalayāpīḍa by the tail and playfully dragged him twenty-five bow-lengths as easily as Garuḍa might drag a snake.

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