kareṇa - with His hand; vāmena - left; sa-līlam - playfully; uddhṛtam - lifted; sajyam - the stringing; ca - and; kṛtvā - doing; nimiṣeṇa - in the wink of an eye; paśyatām - as they watched; nṛṇām - the guards; vikṛṣya - pulling it taut; prababhañja - He broke it; madhyataḥ - in the middle; yathā - as; ikṣu - of sugarcane; daṇḍam - a stick; mada-karī - an excited elephant; urukramaḥ - Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Easily lifting the bow with His left hand, Lord Urukrama strung it in a fraction of a second as the King’s guards looked on. He then powerfully pulled the string and snapped the bow in half, just as an excited elephant might break a stalk of sugar cane.