पुरुषान् योषितो दृप्त: क्ष्माभृद्द्रोणीगुहासु स: । निक्षिप्य चाप्यधाच्छैलै: पेशष्कारीव कीटकम् ॥ ७ ॥
puruṣān yoṣito dṛptaḥ kṣmābhṛd-dronī-guhāsu saḥ nikṣipya cāpyadhāc chailaiḥ peśaṣkārīva kīṭakam
- puruṣān
- men
- yoṣitaḥ
- and women
- dṛptaḥ
- audacious
- kṣmā-bhṛt
- of a mountain
- droṇī
- within a valley
- guhāsu
- inside caves
- saḥ
- he
- nikṣipya
- casting
- ca
- and
- apyadhāt
- sealed
- śailaiḥ
- with large stones
- peśaṣkārī
- a wasp
- iva
- as
- kīṭakam
- a small insect
Just as a wasp imprisons smaller insects, he arrogantly threw both men and women into caves in a mountain valley and sealed the caves shut with boulders.