तं सम्परेतं विचकर्ष भूमौहरिर्यथेभं जगतो विपश्यत: । हाहेति शब्द: सुमहांस्तदाभू-दुदीरित: सर्वजनैर्नरेन्द्र ॥ ३८ ॥
taṁ samparetaṁ vicakarṣa bhūmau harir yathebhaṁ jagato vipaśyataḥ hā heti śabdaḥ su-mahāṁs tadābhūd udīritaḥ sarva-janair narendra
- tam
- him
- samparetam
- dead
- vicakarṣa
- dragged
- bhūmau
- along the ground
- hariḥ
- a lion
- yathā
- as
- ibham
- an elephant
- jagataḥ
- all the people
- vipaśyataḥ
- as they looked on
- hā hā iti
- “Oh, oh!”
- śabdaḥ
- the sound
- su-mahān
- mighty
- tadā
- then
- abhūt
- arose
- udīritaḥ
- spoken
- sarva-janaiḥ
- by all the people
- nara-indra
- O ruler of men (King Parīkṣit)
As a lion drags a dead elephant, the Lord then dragged Kaṁsa’s dead body along the ground in full view of everyone present. O King, all the people in the arena tumultuously cried out, “Oh! Oh!”