ekam - one; pādam - leg; padā - with his foot; ākramya - standing on top of; dorbhyām - with his two hands; anyam - the other; pragṛhya - taking hold of; saḥ - he; gudataḥ - beginning from the anus; pāṭayām āsa - tore him asunder; śākhām - a tree branch; iva - as; mahā - great; gajaḥ - an elephant.

Bhīma pressed down on one leg with his foot while grabbing Jarāsandha’s other leg in his hands, and just as a great elephant might break the branch of a tree, Bhīma tore Jarāsandha apart from the anus upward.