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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.72.43

ఏకం పాదం పదాక్రమ్య దోర్భ్యామన్యం ప్రగృహ్య స: । గుదత: పాటయామాస శాఖమివ మహాగజ: ॥ ౪౩ ॥
ekam pādaṁ padākramya
[ekam paadam padaakramya]
dorbhyām anyaṁ pragṛhya saḥ
[dorbhyaam anyam pragrihya sah]
gudataḥ pāṭayām āsa
[gudatah paatayaam aasa]
śākham iva mahā-gajaḥ
[shaakham iva mahaa-gajah]
Word-for-word
ekam — one pādam — leg padā — with his foot ākramya — standing on top of dorbhyām — with his two hands anyam — the other pragṛhya — taking hold of saḥ — he gudataḥ — beginning from the anus pāṭayām āsa — tore him asunder śākhām — a tree branch iva — as mahā — great gajaḥ — an elephant .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ekam pādaṁ padākramya
ekam
one
pādam
leg
padā
with his foot
ākramya
standing on top of
dorbhyām anyaṁ pragṛhya saḥ
dorbhyām
with his two hands
anyam
the other
pragṛhya
taking hold of
saḥ
he
gudataḥ pāṭayām āsa
gudataḥ
beginning from the anus
pāṭayām āsa
tore him asunder
śākhām
a tree branch
śākham iva mahā-gajaḥ
iva
as
mahā
great
gajaḥ
an elephant .
Important Words
  • ākramya — standing on top of
    Gerund from ā-kram. Bhīma pins one leg beneath his foot — the technical hold the verse 41 signal indicated.
  • gudataḥ — beginning from the anus
    Ablative. From the gudā — the anus, the lowest point. The tear starts at the natal seam where the two half-bodies had originally been joined.
  • pāṭayām-āsa — tore him asunder
    Periphrastic perfect from pāṭay. The same root as pāṭayan in verse 41 — the twig's tearing is fulfilled in the body's tearing. Kṛṣṇa's sign and Bhīma's act use the same verb.
  • mahā-gajaḥ — great elephant
    Compound nominative. The Bhāgavatam reaches once more for the elephant simile — third time in the chapter. Bhīma, named vṛkodara (wolf-bellied), here becomes gaja-like.
Bhīma pressed down on one leg with his foot while grabbing Jarāsandha’s other leg in his hands, and just as a great elephant might break the branch of a tree, Bhīma tore Jarāsandha apart from the anus upward.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Bhīma pressed down on one leg with his foot while grabbing Jarāsandha's other leg in his hands, and just as a great elephant might break the branch of a tree, Bhīma tore Jarāsandha apart from the anus upward.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

He pressed the foot of his enemy with his foot.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

He pressed down one leg with his foot and grasped the other leg with his hands very tightly (pra). The example shows that he tore his body very easily.

Related values & verses
Related values
Adambhitva (Non-hypocrisy / Authenticity)Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Tejas (Inner Radiance / Vigour)Discriminative Wisdom
Related verses
BG 5.18 BG 8.4 BG 14.12 BG 14.1 BG 12.1 BG 18.37 BG 11.1 BG 3.3 BG 12.3 BG 4.8 BG 15.9 SB 1.2BG 6.35
Concepts
Jiva
Personal Guidance
Analogy

An elephant breaks a branch by pinning one fork and ripping the other. Bhīma does to Jarāsandha what an elephant does to a young tree — pin one leg, lift the other, and tear from the anus upward, undoing the join the demoness Jarā had made. The body opens along its original seam.

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