निरुध्य सेनया शाल्वो महत्या भरतर्षभ । पुरीं बभञ्जोपवनानुद्यानानि च सर्वश: ॥ ९ ॥ सगोपुराणि द्वाराणि प्रासादाट्टालतोलिका: । विहारान् स विमानाग्र्यान्निपेतु: शस्त्रवृष्टय: ॥ १० ॥ शिला द्रुमाश्चाशनय: सर्पा आसारशर्करा: । प्रचण्डश्चक्रवातोऽभूद् रजसाच्छादिता दिश: ॥ ११ ॥
nirudhya senayā śālvo mahatyā bharatarṣabha purīṁ babhañjopavanān udyānāni ca sarvaśaḥ sa-gopurāṇi dvārāṇi prāsādāṭṭāla-tolikāḥ vihārān sa vimānāgryān nipetuḥ śastra-vṛṣṭayaḥ śilā-drumāś cāśanayaḥ sarpā āsāra-śarkarāḥ pracaṇḍaś cakravāto ’bhūd rajasācchāditā diśaḥ
- nirudhya
- besieging
- senayā
- with an army
- śālvaḥ
- Śālva
- mahatyā
- large
- bharata-ṛṣabha
- O best of the Bharatas
- purīm
- the city
- babhañja
- he broke up
- upavanān
- the parks
- udyanāni
- gardens
- ca
- and
- sarvaśaḥ
- all around
- sa-gopurāṇi
- with towers
- dvārāṇi
- and gateways
- prāsāda
- mansions
- aṭṭāla
- observatories
- tolikāḥ
- and surrounding walls
- vihārān
- recreational areas
- saḥ
- he, Śālva
- vimāna
- of airships
- agryāt
- from the best
- nipetuḥ
- there fell
- śastra
- of weapons
- vṛṣṭayaḥ
- torrents
- śilā
- stones
- drumāḥ
- and trees
- ca
- also
- aśanayaḥ
- thunderbolts
- sarpāḥ
- snakes
- āsāra-śarkarāḥ
- and hailstones
- pracaṇḍaḥ
- fierce
- cakravātaḥ
- a whirlwind
- abhūt
- arose
- rajasā
- with dust
- ācchādditāḥ
- covered
- diśaḥ
- all the directions
Śālva besieged the city with a large army, O best of the Bharatas, decimating the outlying parks and gardens, the mansions along with their observatories, towering gateways and surrounding walls, and also the public recreational areas. From his excellent airship he threw down a torrent of weapons, including stones, tree trunks, thunderbolts, snakes and hailstones. A fierce whirlwind arose and blanketed all directions with dust.