तस्मिन् कूटेऽहिते नष्टे कृत्तमूले वनस्पतौ । विटपा इव शुष्यन्ति विष्णुप्राणा दिवौकस: ॥ ९ ॥
tasmin kute ’hite naste krtta-mule vanas-patau vitapa iva susyanti visnu-prana divaukasah
- tasmin
- when He
- kute
- the most deceitful
- ahite
- enemy
- naste
- is finished
- krtta-mule
- having its roots cut off
- vanas-patau
- a tree
- vitapah
- the branches and leaves
- iva
- like
- susyanti
- dry up
- visnu-pranah
- whose life is Lord Visnu
- diva-okasah
- the demigods.
When the root of a tree is cut and the tree falls down, its branches and twigs automatically dry up. Similarly, when I have killed this diplomatic Visnu, the demigods, for whom Lord Visnu is the life and soul, will lose the source of their life and wither away.