Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.78.7

evaḿ rūkṣais tudan vākyaiḥ

kṛṣṇaḿ totrair iva dvipam

gadayātāḍayan mūrdhni

siḿha-vad vyanadac ca saḥ

SYNONYMS

evam — thus; rūkṣaiḥ — harsh; tudan — harassing; vākyaiḥ — with words; kṛṣṇam — Lord Kṛṣṇa; totraiḥ — with goads; iva — as if; dvipam — an elephant; gadayā — with his club; atāḍayat — he struck Him; mūrdhni — on the head; siḿha-vat — like a lion; vyanadat — roared; ca — and; saḥ — he.

TRANSLATION

Thus trying to harass Lord Kṛṣṇa with harsh words, as one might prick an elephant with sharp goads, Dantavakra struck the Lord on the head with his club and roared like a lion.

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