स तं नृपेन्द्राहवकाम्यया रिपुं वज्रायुधं भ्रातृहणं विलोक्य । स्मरंश्च तत्कर्म नृशंसमंह: शोकेन मोहेन हसञ्जगाद ॥ १३ ॥
sa tam nrpendrahava-kamyaya ripum vajrayudham bhratr-hanam vilokya smarams ca tat-karma nr-samsam amhah sokena mohena hasan jagada
- sah
- he (Vrtrasura)
- tam
- him (the King of heaven, Indra)
- nrpa-indra
- O King Pariksit
- ahava-kamyaya
- with a desire to fight
- ripum
- his enemy
- vajra-ayudham
- whose weapon was the thunderbolt (made from the bones of Dadhici)
- bhratr-hanam
- who was the killer of his brother
- vilokya
- seeing
- smaran
- remembering
- ca
- and
- tat-karma
- his activities
- nr-samsam
- cruel
- amhah
- a great sin
- sokena
- with lamentation
- mohena
- by bewilderment
- hasan
- laughing
- jagada
- said
O King, when the great hero Vrtrasura saw Indra, his enemy, the killer of his brother, standing before him with a thunderbolt in his hand, desiring to fight, Vrtrasura remembered how Indra had cruelly killed his brother. Thinking of Indra’s sinful activities, he became mad with lamentation and forgetfulness. Laughing sarcastically, he spoke as follows.