आक्रीडे क्रीडतो बालान् वयस्यानतिदारुण: । प्रसह्य निरनुक्रोश: पशुमारममारयत् ॥ ४१ ॥
akride kridato balan vayasyan atidarunah prasahya niranukrosah pasu-maram amarayat
- akride
- in the playground
- kridatah
- while playing
- balan
- boys
- vayasyan
- of his age
- ati-darunah
- very cruel
- prasahya
- by force
- niranukrosah
- merciless
- pasu-maram
- as if slaughtering animals
- amarayat
- killed.
The boy was so cruel that while playing with young boys of his age he would kill them very mercilessly, as if they were animals meant for slaughter.