ते वै ललाटलग्नैस्तैरिषुभि: सर्व एव हि । मत्वा निरस्तमात्मानमाशंसन् कर्म तस्य तत् ॥ ९ ॥
te vai lalata-lagnais tair isubhih sarva eva hi matva nirastam atmanam asamsan karma tasya tat
- te
- they
- vai
- certainly
- lalata-lagnaih
- intent upon their heads
- taih
- by those
- isubhih
- arrows
- sarve
- all of them
- eva
- certainly
- hi
- without fail
- matva
- thinking
- nirastam
- defeated
- atmanam
- themselves
- asamsan
- praised
- karma
- action
- tasya
- of him
- tat
- that.
When the heroes of the Yaksas saw that all their heads were being thus threatened by Dhruva Maharaja, they could very easily understand their awkward position, and they concluded that they would certainly be defeated. But, as heroes, they lauded the action of Dhruva.