SB 10.36.11
Devanāgarī
गृहीत्वा शृङ्गयोस्तं वा अष्टादश पदानि स: । प्रत्यपोवाह भगवान् गज: प्रतिगजं यथा ॥ ११ ॥
Text
gṛhītvā śṛṅgayos taṁ vā aṣṭādaśa padāni saḥ pratyapovāha bhagavān gajaḥ prati-gajaṁ yathā
Synonyms
gṛhītvā—seizing;śṛṅgayoḥ—by the horns;tam—him;vai—indeed;aṣṭādaśa—eighteen;padāni—steps;saḥ—He;pratyapovāha—threw back;bhagavān—the Supreme Lord;gajaḥ—an elephant;prati-gajam—a rival elephant;yathā—like.
Translation
The Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa seized Ariṣṭāsura by the horns and threw him back eighteen steps, just as an elephant might do when fighting a rival elephant.