tam - him; āpatantam - attacking; saḥ - He; nigṛhya - seizing; śṛṅgayoḥ - by the horns; padā - with His foot; samākramya - treading; nipātya - making him fall; bhū-tale - onto the ground; niṣpīḍayām āsa - He beat him; yathā - like; ardram - wet; ambaram - a garment; kṛtvā - making; viṣāṇena - with his horn; jaghāna - struck; saḥ - he; apatat - fell.

As Ariṣṭa attacked, Lord Kṛṣṇa 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.