• kuñjara-indraḥ — the lord of elephants
  Repeated from verse 6 — the title 'Indra of elephants' is held up one last time before the death-stroke. Bhāgavata irony: an elephant called Indra-like cannot bow even though the real Indra has already bowed at Govardhana. A contiguous-token join of synonyms 'kuñjara' and 'indraḥ'.
• amarṣitaḥ — with frustrated anger
  Amarṣa is intolerance of another's superiority — a precise asura-rāga. Where a devotee feels mātsarya melting in front of Bhagavān (cf. Bhīṣma in 1.9), Kuvalayāpīḍa's amarṣa only thickens.
• mahāmātraiḥ — by the elephant-keepers
  Plural — multiple keepers now goad him on, escalating Kaṁsa's investment. The Gauḍīya note: demonic anger never acts alone for long; it recruits company, the dark mirror of sat-saṅga.
• abhyadravat — he charged
  The verb of demonic motion — sudden, headlong, unreflective. In Bhāgavata grammar, asuras 'rush' (abhi-dru); devotees 'approach' (upa-sad). The same body, two postures.

Frustration is the demon's last weapon. When prowess fails, asura-buddhi does not turn inward and reconsider — it doubles the rage and charges again. The mahouts goad, Kuvalayāpīḍa lunges, and the same pattern that destroyed Pūtanā, Aghāsura, and Bakāsura prepares to claim him too.