SB 1.9.37
धृतरथचरणोऽभ्ययाच्चलद्गुर्हरिरिव हन्तुमिभं गतोत्तरीयः ॥ ३७ ॥
ṛtam adhikartum avapluto rathasthaḥ
dhṛta-ratha-caraṇo’bhyayāc caladgur
harir iva hantum ibhaṁ gatottarīyaḥ
Synonyms
apahāya — disregarding [hitvā122]; sva-nigamam — His own oath [that He would not take up weapons but only lend assistance (aśastra evāhaṁ sāhāya-mātraṁ kariṣyāmīty evaṁ bhūtām)]; adhi-kartum — in order to emphasize [adhikāṁ kartum]; ṛtam — the truth [satyam]; mat-pratijñām — [of] my vow [that I would force Śrī Kṛṣṇa to take up weapons (śrī kṛṣṇaḥ śastraṁ grāhayiṣyāmīti evaṁ rūpām)]; avaplutaḥ — He suddenly jumped down [sahasaivāvatīrṇaḥ san]; ratha-sthaḥ — from the chariot where He was sitting; dhṛta — took up; caraṇaḥ — a wheel [cakram]; ratha — [from] the chariot; caladguḥ — [and] with the earth trembling under His feet [meaning, He by whom (yasmāt) the earth (gauḥ, i.e., pṛthvīḥ) was made to tremble (calantīḥ) at His every step (pratipadam), for in that moment (tadā ca), out of fury (saṁrabheṇa), He forgot His human-like play (manuṣya-nāṭya-vismṛteḥ) and bore the weight of all beings and planets within His abdomen (udarastha sarva-bhūta-bhuvana-bhāreṇa)]; [and out of the same fury (tenaiva saṁrabheṇa)]; uttarīyaḥ — His upper garment [vastram]; gata — having fallen aside [patita]; abhyayāt — He rushed toward me [abhimukham adhāvat]; hariḥ iva — like a lion [siṁha iva]; hantum — attacking to kill; ibham — an elephant [gajam123].
Translation
Disregarding His own oath in order to emphasize the truth of my vow, He suddenly jumped down from the chariot where He was sitting, took up a wheel from the chariot, and, with the earth trembling under His feet and His upper garment having fallen aside, He rushed toward me, like a lion attacking an elephant to kill it.