SB 10.42.17
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 17
kareṇa vāmena sa-līlam uddhṛtaṁ
sajyaṁ ca kṛtvā nimiṣeṇa paśyatām
nṛṇāṁ vikṛṣya prababhañja madhyato
yathekṣu-daṇḍaṁ mada-kary urukramaḥ
SYNONYMS
kareṇa—with His hand; vāmena—left; sa-līlam—playfully; uddhṛtam—lifted; sajyam—the stringing; ca—and; kṛtvā—doing; nimiṣeṇa—in the wink of an eye; paśyatām—as they watched; nṛṇām—the guards; vikṛṣya—pulling it taut; prababhañja—He broke it; madhyataḥ—in the middle; yathā—as; ikṣu—of sugarcane; daṇḍam—a stick; mada-karī—an excited elephant; urukramaḥ—Lord Kṛṣṇa.
TRANSLATION
Easily lifting the bow with His left hand, Lord Urukrama strung it in a fraction of a second as the King's guards looked on. He then powerfully pulled the string and snapped the bow in half, just as an excited elephant might break a stalk of sugar cane.