तं गृहीत्वानयद् भृत्यो वरुणस्यासुरोऽन्तिकम् । अवज्ञायासुरीं वेलां प्रविष्टमुदकं निशि ॥ २ ॥
taṁ gṛhītvānayad bhṛtyo varuṇasyāsuro ’ntikam avajñāyāsurīṁ velāṁ praviṣṭam udakaṁ niśi
- tam
- him
- gṛhītvā
- seizing
- anayat
- brought
- bhṛtyaḥ
- a servant
- varuṇasya
- of Varuṇa, the lord of the sea
- asuraḥ
- demon
- antikam
- to the presence (of his master)
- avajñāya
- who had disregarded
- āsurīm
- the inauspicious
- velām
- time
- praviṣṭam
- having entered
- udakam
- the water
- niśi
- during the night
Because Nanda Mahārāja entered the water in the dark of night, disregarding that the time was inauspicious, a demoniac servant of Varuṇa seized him and brought him to his master.