गणं सांवर्तकं नाम मेघानां चान्तकारीणाम् । इन्द्र: प्रचोदयत् क्रुद्धो वाक्यं चाहेशमान्युत ॥ २ ॥
gaṇaṁ sāṁvartakaṁ nāma meghānāṁ cānta-kārīṇām indraḥ pracodayat kruddho vākyaṁ cāheśa-māny uta
- gaṇam
- the group
- sāṁvartakam nāma
- named Sāṁvartaka
- meghānām
- of clouds
- ca
- and
- anta-kāriṇām
- who effect the end of the universe
- indraḥ
- Indra
- pracodayat
- sent forth
- kruddhaḥ
- angry
- vākyam
- words
- ca
- and
- āha
- spoke
- īśa-mānī
- falsely thinking himself the supreme controller
- uta
- indeed
Angry Indra sent forth the clouds of universal destruction, known as Sāṁvartaka. Imagining himself the supreme controller, he spoke as follows.