taá¹ tathÄyÄntam Älokya
gadÄm ÄdÄya satvaraḥ
avaplutya rathÄt kṛṣṇaḥ
sindhuá¹ veleva pratyadhÄt

 tam - him; tathÄ - in this way; ÄyÄntam - approaching; Älokya - seeing; gadÄm - His club; ÄdÄya - taking; satvaraḥ - quickly; avaplutya - leaping down; rathÄt - from His chariot; kṛṣṇaḥ - Lord Kṛṣṇa; sindhum - the sea; velÄ - the shore; iva - as; pratyadhÄt - checked.


Text

Seeing Dantavakra approach, Lord Kṛṣṇa quickly picked up His club, jumped down from His chariot and stopped His advancing opponent just as the shore holds back the ocean.

Purport

ÅšrÄ«la PrabhupÄda writes: “When Kṛṣṇa appeared before Dantavakra, his heroic march was immediately stopped, just as the great furious waves of the ocean are stopped by the beach.â€