दर्पोपशमनायास्य प्रवृक्णा बाहवो मया । सूदितं च बलं भूरि यच्च भारायितं भुव: ॥ ४८ ॥
darpopaśamanāyāsya pravṛkṇā bāhavo mayā sūditaṁ ca balaṁ bhūri yac ca bhārāyitaṁ bhuvaḥ
- darpa
- the false pride
- upaśamanāya
- for subduing
- asya
- his
- pravṛkṇāḥ
- severed
- bāhavaḥ
- arms
- mayā
- by Me
- sūditam
- slain
- ca
- and
- balam
- the military force
- bhūri
- huge
- yat
- which
- ca
- and
- bhārāyitam
- having become a burden
- bhuvaḥ
- for the earth
It was to subdue Bāṇāsura’s false pride that I severed his arms. And I slew his mighty army because it had become a burden upon the earth.