तस्य कर्मोत्तमं वीक्ष्य दुर्मर्ष: शक्तिमाददे । तां ज्वलन्तीं महोल्काभां हस्तस्थामच्छिनद्धरि: ॥ ४३ ॥
tasya karmottamam viksya durmarsah saktim adade tam jvalantim maholkabham hasta-stham acchinad dharih
- tasya
- of King Indra
- karma-uttamam
- the very expert service in military art
- viksya
- after observing
- durmarsah
- being in a very angry mood
- saktim
- the sakti weapon
- adade
- took up
- tam
- that weapon
- jvalantim
- blazing fire
- maha-ulka-abham
- appearing like a great firebrand
- hasta-stham
- while still in the hand of Bali
- acchinat
- cut to pieces
- harih
- Indra.
When Bali Maharaja saw the expert military activities of Indra, he could not restrain his anger. Thus he took up another weapon, known as sakti, which blazed like a great firebrand. But Indra cut that weapon to pieces while it was still in Bali’s hand.