एवं मदान्ध उत्सिक्तो निरङ्कुश इव द्विप: । पर्यटन् रथमास्थाय कम्पयन्निव रोदसी ॥ ५ ॥
evam madandha utsikto nirankusa iva dvipah paryatan ratham asthaya kampayann iva rodasi
- evam
- thus
- mada-andhah
- being blind with power
- utsiktah
- proud
- nirankusah
- uncontrolled
- iva
- like
- dvipah
- an elephant
- paryatan
- traveling
- ratham
- a chariot
- asthaya
- having mounted
- kampayan
- causing to tremble
- iva
- indeed
- rodasi
- the sky and earth.
When he became overly blind due to his opulences, King Vena mounted a chariot and, like an uncontrolled elephant, began to travel through the kingdom, causing the sky and earth to tremble wherever he went.