अश्मसारमयं शूलं घण्टावद्धेमभूषणम् । प्रगृह्याभ्यद्रवत् क्रुद्धो हतोऽसीति वितर्जयन् । प्राहिणोद् देवराजाय निनदन् मृगराडिव ॥ ३० ॥
asmasaramayam sulam ghantavad dhema-bhusanam pragrhyabhyadravat kruddho hato ’siti vitarjayan prahinod deva-rajaya ninadan mrga-rad iva
- asmasara-mayam
- made of steel
- sulam
- a spear
- ghanta-vat
- bound with bells
- hema-bhusanam
- decorated with ornaments of gold
- pragrhya
- taking in his hand
- abhyadravat
- forcefully went
- kruddhah
- in an angry mood
- hatah asi iti
- now you are killed
- vitarjayan
- roaring like that
- prahinot
- struck
- deva-rajaya
- unto King Indra
- ninadan
- resounding
- mrga-rat
- a lion
- iva
- like.
Being angry and roaring like a lion, the demon Namuci took up a steel spear, which was bound with bells and decorated with ornaments of gold. He loudly cried, Now you are killed Thus coming before Indra to kill him, Namuci released his weapon.