evam -- thus; nirbhartsitah -- threatened; ambashthah -- the elephant-keeper; kupitah -- angered; kopitam -- the enraged; gajam -- elephant; codayam asa -- he goaded; krishnaya -- toward Krishna; kala -- time; antaka -- death; yama -- and Yamaraja; upamam -- comparable to.

Thus threatened, the elephant-keeper became angry. He goaded his furious elephant, who appeared equal to time, death and Yamaraja, into attacking Lord Krishna.