ŚB 10.78.7
Canto 10, Chapter 78, Text 7
एवं रूक्षैस्तुदन् वाक्यै: कृष्णं तोत्रैरिव द्विपम् ।
गदया ताडयन्मूर्ध्नि सिंहवद् व्यनदच्च स: ॥ ७ ॥
गदया ताडयन्मूर्ध्नि सिंहवद् व्यनदच्च स: ॥ ७ ॥
evaṁ rūkṣais tudan vākyaiḥ
kṛṣṇaṁ totrair iva dvipam
gadayātāḍayan mūrdhni
siṁha-vad vyanadac ca saḥ
kṛṣṇaṁ totrair iva dvipam
gadayātāḍayan mūrdhni
siṁha-vad vyanadac ca saḥ
Word by word
evam — thus; rūkṣaiḥ — harsh; tudan — harassing; vākyaiḥ — with words; kṛṣṇam — Lord Kṛṣṇa; totraiḥ — with goads; iva — as if; dvipam — an elephant; gadayā — with his club; atāḍayat — he struck Him; mūrdhni — on the head; siṁha-vat — like a lion; vyanadat — roared; ca — and; saḥ — he.
Translation
Thus trying to harass Lord Kṛṣṇa with harsh words, as one might prick an elephant with sharp goads, Dantavakra struck the Lord on the head with his club and roared like a lion.