तं मुष्टिभिर्विनिघ्नन्तं वज्रसारैरधोक्षज: । करेण कर्णमूलेऽहन् यथा त्वाष्ट्रं मरुत्पति: ॥ २५ ॥
tam mustibhir vinighnantam vajra-sarair adhoksajah karena karna-mule ’han yatha tvastram marut-patih
- tam
- Hiranyaksa
- mustibhih
- with his fists
- vinighnantam
- striking
- vajra-saraih
- as hard as a thunderbolt
- adhoksajah
- Lord Adhoksaja
- karena
- with the hand
- karna-mule
- at the root of the ear
- ahan
- struck
- yatha
- as
- tvastram
- the demon Vrtra (son of Tvasta)
- marut-patih
- Indra (lord of the Maruts).
The demon now began to strike the Lord with his hard fists, but Lord Adhoksaja slapped him in the root of the ear, even as Indra, the lord of the Maruts, hit the demon Vrtra.