सन्दधेऽस्त्रं स्वधनुषि काम: पञ्चमुखं तदा । मधुर्मनो रजस्तोक इन्द्रभृत्या व्यकम्पयन् ॥ २५ ॥
sandadhe ’straṁ sva-dhanuṣi kāmaḥ pañca-mukhaṁ tadā madhur mano rajas-toka indra-bhṛtyā vyakampayan
- sandadhe
- he fixed
- astram
- the weapon
- sva-dhanuṣi
- upon his bow
- kāmaḥ
- Cupid
- pañca-mukham
- having five heads (sight, sound, smell, touch and taste)
- tadā
- then
- madhuḥ
- spring
- manaḥ
- the mind of the sage
- rajaḥ-tokaḥ
- the child of passion, greed
- indra-bhṛtyāḥ
- the servants of Indra
- vyakampayan
- attempted to agitate
While the son of passion [greed personified], spring and the other servants of Indra all tried to agitate Mārkaṇḍeya’s mind, Cupid drew his five-headed arrow and fixed it upon his bow.