adhavatah -- running toward Him; sa-gadam -- carrying his club; tasya -- his; bahum -- arm; bhallena -- with a special kind of arrow; chittva -- severing; atha -- then; ratha-angam -- His disc weapon; adbhutam -- wonderful; vadhaya -- for the killing; salvasya -- of Salva; laya -- at the time of universal annihilation; arka -- the sun; sannibham -- exactly resembling; bibhrat -- holding; babhau -- He shone; sa-arkah -- together with the sun; iva -- as if; udaya -- of the sunrise; acalah -- the mountain.

As Salva rushed at Him, the Lord shot a bhalla dart and cut off his arm that held the club. Having finally decided to kill Salva, Krishna then raised His Sudarsana disc weapon, which resembled the sun at the time of universal annihilation. The brilliantly shining Lord appeared like the easternmost mountain bearing the rising sun.