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.
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.