ऐरावतो वृत्रगदाभिमृष्टो विघूर्णितोऽद्रि: कुलिशाहतो यथा । अपासरद् भिन्नमुख: सहेन्द्रो मुञ्चन्नसृक् सप्तधनुर्भृशार्त: ॥ ११ ॥
airavato vrtra-gadabhimrsto vighurnito ’drih kulisahato yatha apasarad bhinna-mukhah sahendro muncann asrk sapta-dhanur bhrsartah
- airavatah
- Airavata, the elephant of King Indra
- vrtra-gada-abhimrstah
- struck by the club in Vrtrasura’s hand
- vighurnitah
- shaken
- adrih
- a mountain
- kulisa
- by a thunderbolt
- ahatah
- struck
- yatha
- just like
- apasarat
- was pushed back
- bhinna-mukhah
- having a broken mouth
- saha-indrah
- with King Indra
- muncan
- spitting
- asrk
- blood
- sapta-dhanuh
- a distance measured by seven bows (approximately fourteen yards)
- bhrsa
- very severely
- artah
- aggrieved
Struck with the club by Vrtrasura like a mountain struck by a thunderbolt, the elephant Airavata, feeling great pain and spitting blood from its broken mouth, was pushed back fourteen yards. In great distress, the elephant fell, with Indra on its back.