हतेषु मल्लवर्येषु विद्रुतेषु च भोजराट् । न्यवारयत् स्वतूर्याणि वाक्यं चेदमुवाच ह ॥ ३१ ॥
hateṣu malla-varyeṣu vidruteṣu ca bhoja-rāṭ nyavārayat sva-tūryāṇi vākyaṁ cedam uvāca ha
- hateṣu
- being killed
- malla-varyeṣu
- the best wrestlers
- vidruteṣu
- having run away
- ca
- and
- bhoja-rāṭ
- the Bhoja king, Kaṁsa
- nyavārayat
- stopped
- sva
- his own
- tūryāṇi
- musical instruments
- vākyam
- words
- ca
- and
- idam
- these
- uvāca ha
- spoke
The Bhoja king, seeing that his best wrestlers had all been killed or had fled, stopped the musical performance originally meant for his pleasure and spoke the following words.