tam -- him; apatantam -- attacking; sah -- He; nigrihya -- seizing; sringayoh -- by the horns; pada -- with His foot; samakramya -- treading; nipatya -- making him fall; bhu-tale -- onto the ground; nishpidayam asa -- He beat him; yatha -- like; ardram -- wet; ambaram -- a garment; kritva -- making; vishanena -- with his horn; jaghana -- struck; sah -- he; apatat -- fell.

As Arishta attacked, Lord Krishna seized him by the horns and knocked him to the ground with His foot. The Lord then thrashed him as if he were a wet cloth, and finally He yanked out one of the demon's horns and struck him with it until he lay prostrate.