taḿ tathāyāntam ālokya
gadām ādāya satvaraḥ
avaplutya rathāt kṛṣṇaḥ
sindhuḿ veleva pratyadhāt
tam -- him; tatha -- in this way; ayantam -- approaching; alokya -- seeing; gadam -- His club; adaya -- taking; satvarah -- quickly; avaplutya -- leaping down; rathat -- from His chariot; krishnah -- Lord Krishna; sindhum -- the sea; vela -- the shore; iva -- as; pratyadhat -- checked.
Seeing Dantavakra approach, Lord Krishna quickly picked up His club, jumped down from His chariot and stopped His advancing opponent just as the shore holds back the ocean.
Srila Prabhupada writes, "When Krishna appeared before Dantavakra, his heroic march was immediately stopped, just as the great furious waves of the ocean are stopped by the beach."
