nācalat tat-prahāreṇa
mālāhata iva dvipaḥ
bāhvor nigṛhya cāṇūraṁ
bahuśo bhrāmayan hariḥ
bhū-pṛṣṭhe pothayām āsa
tarasā kṣīṇa jīvitam
visrastākalpa-keśa-srag
indra-dhvaja ivāpatat
na acalat - He (Lord Kṛṣṇa) did not move; tat-prahāreṇa - because of his blows; mālā - with a garland; āhata - struck; iva - as; dvipaḥ - an elephant; bāhvoḥ - by the two arms; nigṛhya - seizing; cāṇūram - Cāṇūra; bahuśaḥ - several times; bhrāmayan - whirling him around; hariḥ - Lord Kṛṣṇa; bhū - of the earth; pṛṣṭhe - onto the surface; pothayām āsa - hurled; tarasā - forcefully; kṣīṇa - becoming lost; jīvitam - his life; visrasta - scattered; ākalpa - his clothing; keśa - hair; srak - and flower garland; indra-dhvajaḥ - a tall festival column; iva - as if; apatat - he fell.
Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains the words indra-dhvaja as follows: “In Bengal, on the occasion of a certain festival, people erect a tall column in the form of a man and decorate it with flags, banners, etc. He [Cāṇūra] fell just as such a pole might fall.”