कलेवरेऽस्मिन् घटकुड्यसन्निभे निरूढमानो नरदेव इत्यहम् । वृतो रथेभाश्वपदात्यनीकपै- र्गां पर्यटंस्त्वागणयन् सुदुर्मद: ॥ ४८ ॥
kalevare ’smin ghaṭa-kuḍya-sannibhe nirūḍha-māno nara-deva ity aham vṛto rathebhāśva-padāty-anīkapair gāṁ paryaṭaṁs tvāgaṇayan su-durmadaḥ
- kalevare
- in the body
- asmin
- this
- ghaṭa
- a pot
- kuḍya
- or a wall
- sannibhe
- which is like
- nirūḍha
- exaggerated
- mānaḥ
- whose false identification
- nara-devaḥ
- a god among men (king)
- iti
- thus (thinking myself)
- aham
- I
- vṛtaḥ
- surrounded
- ratha
- by chariots
- ibha
- elephants
- aśva
- horses
- padāti
- infantry
- anīkapaiḥ
- and generals
- gām
- the earth
- paryaṭan
- traveling
- tvā
- You
- agaṇayan
- not regarding seriously
- su-durmadaḥ
- very much deluded by pride
With deep arrogance I took myself to be the body, which is a material object like a pot or a wall. Thinking myself a god among men, I traveled the earth surrounded by my charioteers, elephants, cavalry, foot soldiers and generals, disregarding You in my deluding pride.