तदापतद् गगनतले महाजवंविचिच्छिदे हरिरिषुभि: सहस्रधा । तमाहनन्नृप कुलिशेन कन्धरेरुषान्वितस्त्रिदशपति: शिरो हरन् ॥ ३१ ॥
tadapatad gagana-tale maha-javam vicicchide harir isubhih sahasradha tam ahanan nrpa kulisena kandhare rusanvitas tridasa-patih siro haran
- tada
- at that time
- apatat
- falling like a meteor
- gagana-tale
- beneath the sky or on the ground
- maha-javam
- extremely powerful
- vicicchide
- cut to pieces
- harih
- Indra
- isubhih
- by his arrows
- sahasradha
- into thousands of pieces
- tam
- that Namuci
- ahanat
- struck
- nrpa
- O King
- kulisena
- with his thunderbolt
- kandhare
- on the shoulder
- rusa-anvitah
- being very angry
- tridasa-patih
- Indra, the King of the demigods
- sirah
- the head
- haran
- to separate
O King, when Indra, King of heaven, saw this very powerful spear falling toward the ground like a blazing meteor, he immediately cut it to pieces with his arrows. Then, being very angry, he struck Namuci’s shoulder with his thunderbolt to cut off Namuci’s head.