बलिर्महेन्द्रं दशभिस्त्रिभिरैरावतं शरै: । चतुर्भिश्चतुरो वाहानेकेनारोहमार्च्छयत् ॥ ४१ ॥
balir mahendram dasabhis tribhir airavatam saraih caturbhis caturo vahan ekenaroham arcchayat
- balih
- Maharaja Bali
- maha-indram
- the King of heaven
- dasabhih
- with ten
- tribhih
- with three
- airavatam
- Airavata, carrying Indra
- saraih
- by arrows
- caturbhih
- by four arrows
- caturah
- the four
- vahan
- mounted soldiers
- ekena
- by one
- aroham
- the driver of the elephants
- arcchayat
- attacked.
Maharaja Bali then attacked Indra with ten arrows and attacked Airavata, Indra’s carrier elephant, with three arrows. With four arrows he attacked the four horsemen guarding Airavata’s legs, and with one arrow he attacked the driver of the elephant.