tam -- him; nigrihya -- holding fast; acyutah -- Lord Krishna; dorbhyam -- with His arms; patayitva -- making him fall; mahi-tale -- onto the ground; pasyatam -- while they were watching; divi -- in the heavenly planets; devanam -- the demigods; pasu-maram -- as a sacrificial animal is slaughtered; amarayat -- He killed him.

Lord Acyuta clutched Vyomasura between His arms and threw him to the ground. Then, while the demigods in heaven looked on, Krishna killed him in the same way that one kills a sacrificial animal.