सोऽपतद्भुवि निर्भिन्नललाटोऽसृक् समुत्सृजन् । मुञ्चन्नार्तस्वरं शैलो यथा वज्रहतोऽरुण: ॥ ६ ॥
so ’patad bhuvi nirbhinna- lalāṭo ’sṛk samutsṛjan muñcann ārta-svaraṁ śailo yathā vajra-hato ’ruṇaḥ
- saḥ
- he, Balvala
- apatat
- fell
- bhuvi
- to the ground
- nirbhinna
- cracked open
- lalāṭaḥ
- his forehead
- asṛk
- blood
- samutsṛjan
- gushing
- muñcan
- releasing
- ārta
- of agony
- svaram
- a sound
- śailaḥ
- a mountain
- yathā
- like
- vajra
- by a lightning bolt
- hataḥ
- struck
- aruṇaḥ
- reddish
Balvala cried out in agony and fell to the ground, his forehead cracked open and gushing blood. He resembled a red mountain struck by a lightning bolt.