पप्रच्छ रथमारूढ: कार्तस्वरपरिच्छदम् । मेघगम्भीरया वाचा समारोपितकार्मुक: ॥ ४ ॥
papraccha ratham arudhah kartasvara-paricchadam megha-gambhiraya vaca samaropita-karmukah
- papraccha
- inquired
- ratham
- chariot
- arudhah
- seated on
- kartasvara
- gold
- paricchadam
- embossed with
- megha
- cloud
- gambhiraya
- exonerating
- vaca
- sound
- samaropita
- well equipped
- karmukah
- arrows and bow.
Maharaja Pariksit, well equipped with arrows and bow and seated on a gold-embossed chariot, spoke to him (the sudra) with a deep voice sounding like thunder.