स विक्रमन् पुत्रवधेप्सुरोजसा निशम्य निर्ह्रादमपूर्वमद्भुतम् । अन्त:सभायां न ददर्श तत्पदं वितत्रसुर्येन सुरारियूथपा: ॥ १६ ॥
sa vikraman putra-vadhepsur ojasa nisamya nirhradam apurvam adbhutam antah-sabhayam na dadarsa tat-padam vitatrasur yena surari-yutha-pah
- sah
- he (Hiranyakasipu)
- vikraman
- exhibiting his prowess
- putra-vadha-ipsuh
- desirous of killing his own son
- ojasa
- with great strength
- nisamya
- hearing
- nirhradam
- the fierce sound
- apurvam
- never heard before
- adbhutam
- very wonderful
- antah-sabhayam
- within the jurisdiction of the great assembly
- na
- not
- dadarsa
- saw
- tat-padam
- the source of that tumultuous sound
- vitatrasuh
- became afraid
- yena
- by which sound
- sura-ari-yutha-pah
- the other leaders of the demons (not only Hiranyakasipu)
While showing his extraordinary prowess, Hiranyakasipu, who desired to kill his own son, heard that wonderful, tumultuous sound, which had never before been heard. Upon hearing the sound, the other leaders of the demons were afraid. None of them could find the origin of that sound in the assembly.