ममर्द पद्भ्यां सुरसैन्यमातुरं निमीलिताक्षं रणरङ्गदुर्मद: । गां कम्पयन्नुद्यतशूल ओजसा नालं वनं यूथपतिर्यथोन्मद: ॥ ८ ॥
mamarda padbhyam sura-sainyam aturam nimilitaksam rana-ranga-durmadah gam kampayann udyata-sula ojasa nalam vanam yutha-patir yathonmadah
- mamarda
- trampled
- padbhyam
- by his feet
- sura-sainyam
- the army of the demigods
- aturam
- who were very afraid
- nimilita-aksam
- closing their eyes
- rana-ranga-durmadah
- arrogant on the battlefield
- gam
- the surface of the globe
- kampayan
- causing to tremble
- udyata-sulah
- taking up his trident
- ojasa
- with his strength
- nalam
- of hollow bamboo sticks
- vanam
- a forest
- yutha-patih
- an elephant
- yatha
- just as
- unmadah
- maddened
As the demigods closed their eyes in fear, Vrtrasura, taking up his trident and making the earth tremble with his great strength, trampled the demigods beneath his feet on the battlefield the way a mad elephant tramples hollow bamboos in the forest.