śrī-śukaḥ uvāca - Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; keśī - the demon named Keśī; tu - and then; kaṁsa-prahitaḥ - sent by Kaṁsa; khuraiḥ - with his hooves; mahīm - the earth; mahā-hayaḥ - a huge horse; nirjarayan - ripping apart; manaḥ - like that of the mind; javaḥ - whose speed; saṭā - by the hairs of his mane; avadhūta - scattered; abhra - with the clouds; vimāna - and the airplanes (of the demigods); saṅkulam - crowded; kurvan - making; nabhaḥ - the sky; heṣita - by his neighing; bhīṣita - frightened; akhilaḥ - everyone; tam - him; trāsayantam - terrifying; bhagavān - the Supreme Lord; sva-gokulam - His cowherd village; tat-heṣitaiḥ - by that neighing; vāla - by the hairs of his tail; vighūrṇita - shaken; ambudam - the clouds; ātmānam - Himself; ājau - for a fight; mṛgayantam - searching after; agra-nīḥ - coming forward; upāhvayat - called out; saḥ - he, Keśī; vyanadan - roared; mṛgendra-vat - like a lion.

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The demon Keśī, sent by Kaṁsa, appeared in Vraja as a great horse. Running with the speed of the mind, he tore up the earth with his hooves. The hairs of his mane scattered the clouds and the demigods’ airplanes throughout the sky, and he terrified everyone present with his loud neighing.