येन मे पूर्वमद्रीणां पक्षच्छेद: प्रजात्यये । कृतो निविशतां भारै: पतत्त्रै: पततां भुवि ॥ ३४ ॥
yena me purvam adrinam paksa-cchedah prajatyaye krto nivisatam bharaih patattraih patatam bhuvi
- yena
- by the same thunderbolt
- me
- by me
- purvam
- formerly
- adrinam
- of the mountains
- paksa-cchedah
- the cutting of the wings
- praja-atyaye
- when there was killing of the people in general
- krtah
- was done
- nivisatam
- of those mountains which entered
- bharaih
- by the great weight
- patattraih
- by wings
- patatam
- falling
- bhuvi
- on the ground.
Indra thought: Formerly, when many mountains flying in the sky with wings would fall to the ground and kill people, I cut their wings with this same thunderbolt.