स निजं रूपमास्थाय गिरीन्द्रसदृशं बली । इच्छन्विमोक्तुमात्मानं नाशक्नोद्ग्रहणातुर: ॥ ३१ ॥
sa nijaṁ rūpam āsthāya girīndra-sadṛśaṁ balī icchan vimoktum ātmānaṁ nāśaknod grahaṇāturaḥ
- saḥ
- he, the demon
- nijam
- his original
- rūpam
- form
- āsthāya
- assuming
- giri-indra
- a kingly mountain
- sadṛśam
- just like
- balī
- powerful
- icchan
- wanting
- vimoktum
- to free
- ātmānam
- himself
- na aśaknot
- he was not able
- grahaṇa
- by being forcibly held
- āturaḥ
- debilitated
The demon changed into his original form, as big and powerful as a great mountain. But try as he might to free himself, he could not do so, having lost his strength from being held in the Lord’s tight grip.