वृको नामासुर: पुत्र: शकुने: पथि नारदम् । दृष्ट्वाशुतोषं पप्रच्छ देवेषु त्रिषु दुर्मति: ॥ १४ ॥
vṛko nāmāsuraḥ putraḥ śakuneḥ pathi nāradam dṛṣṭvāśu-toṣaṁ papraccha deveṣu triṣu durmatiḥ
- vṛkaḥ
- Vṛka
- nāma
- by name
- asuraḥ
- a demon
- putraḥ
- a son
- śakuneḥ
- of Śakuni
- pathi
- on the road
- nāradam
- the sage Nārada
- dṛṣṭvā
- seeing
- āśu
- quickly
- toṣam
- pleased
- papraccha
- he asked about
- deveṣu
- among the lords
- triṣu
- three
- durmatiḥ
- wicked
The demon named Vṛka, a son of Śakuni’s, once met Nārada on the road. The wicked fellow asked him which of the three chief gods could be pleased most quickly.