• tāla-pramāṇābhyām — with legs of palm-tree measure
  Compound: tāla (palm tree) + pramāṇa (measure). Mahābhārata-scale gigantism. The palm tree is the standard tall-tree of measurement in Sanskrit poetry; the kṛtyā's legs are that measure each. Gauḍīyas note: even the proportions of the demon are described with the same care the chapter has lavished on Pauṇḍraka's costume — both are kṛtrima embodiments.
• kampayan — shaking
  Present participle of √kamp causative. The earth shakes under the kṛtyā's feet. Gauḍīyas read the trembling earth as the chapter's signature physical sign of asuric advent (cf. Hiraṇyakaśipu's rise in SB 7) — the planet itself protests.
• abhyadhāvat — ran
  Imperfect of abhi-√dhāv (to run toward). The kṛtyā's running is unidirectional; it has no will of its own, only the vector of its conjuring. Gauḍīyas note: kṛtyā-beings have no choice — they are will-stuff, not soul-stuff. Hence verse 40's automatic return.
• bhūtaiḥ — by ghostly spirits
  Plural instrumental of bhūta (being, ghost). The Pramatha-host. Bhūtas are typically Śiva's retinue (verse 18 named Śiva 'bhūta-pati'). The verse quietly insists: this attack on Dvārakā is, in technical fact, a Śiva-retinue-attack on a Viṣṇu-city — a configuration only Bhagavān Himself can defuse without rupture between the two Lords.
• pradahan — burning up
  Present participle of pra-√dah (to burn forth). The kṛtyā burns indiscriminately as it runs — the directions, the air, the ground. Gauḍīyas note: undirected fire is the proper consequence of undirected hatred.

• What harm do I cause in transit when I am set on a target?
• Where is the kindness of restraint a strength I need to develop?

A wildfire on legs as tall as palm-trees walks across the world, shaking the earth and burning all directions — and its destination is Dvārakā, the city of Kṛṣṇa. The Bhāgavata stages the absurd: a fire walking toward the Fire of the End of the Age.