स सप्तभि: शतैरेको विंशत्या च शतं समा: । पुरञ्जनपुराध्यक्षो गन्धर्वैर्युयुधे बली ॥ १६ ॥
sa saptabhih satair eko vimsatya ca satam samah puranjana-puradhyakso gandharvair yuyudhe bali
- sah
- he
- saptabhih
- with seven
- sataih
- hundred
- ekah
- alone
- vimsatya
- with twenty
- ca
- also
- satam
- hundred
- samah
- years
- puranjana
- of King Puranjana
- pura-adhyaksah
- superintendent of the city
- gandharvaih
- with the Gandharvas
- yuyudhe
- fought
- bali
- very valiant.
The five-hooded serpent, the superintendent and protector of the city of King Puranjana, fought with the Gandharvas for one hundred years. He fought alone, with all of them, although they numbered 720.