tam āpatantaḿ tarasā viṣāyudhaḥ

pratyabhyayād utthita-naika-mastakaḥ

dadbhiḥ suparṇaḿ vyadaśad dad-āyudhaḥ

karāla-jihrocchvasitogra-locanaḥ

tam -- him, Garuda; apatantam -- attacking; tarasa -- swiftly; visha -- of poison; ayudhah -- who possessed the weapon; prati -- towards; abhyayat -- ran; utthita -- raised; na eka -- many; mastakah -- his heads; dadbhih -- with his fangs; suparnam -- Garuda; vyadasat -- he bit; dat-ayudhah -- whose fangs were weapons; karala -- fearsome; jihva -- his tongues; ucchvasita -- expanded; ugra -- and terrible; locanah -- his eyes.


Texto

As Garuda swiftly fell upon him, Kaliya, who had the weapon of poison, raised his numerous heads to counterattack. Showing his ferocious tongues and expanding his horrible eyes, Kaliya then bit Garuda with the weapons of his fangs.

Significado

The acaryas explain that Kaliya used his weapon of poison at a distance by spitting venom upon his enemy and at short range by biting him with his terrible fangs.