इति शक्रं विषीदन्तमाह वागशरीरिणी । नायं शुष्कैरथो नार्द्रैर्वधमर्हति दानव: ॥ ३७ ॥
iti sakram visidantam aha vag asaririni nayam suskair atho nardrair vadham arhati danavah
- iti
- in this way
- sakram
- unto Indra
- visidantam
- lamenting
- aha
- spoke
- vak
- a voice
- asaririni
- without any body, or from the sky
- na
- not
- ayam
- this
- suskaih
- by anything dry
- atho
- also
- na
- nor
- ardraih
- by anything moist
- vadham
- annihilation
- arhati
- is befitting
- danavah
- this demon (Namuci).
Sukadeva Gosvami continued: While the morose Indra was lamenting in this way, an ominous, unembodied voice said from the sky, “This demon Namuci is not to be annihilated by anything dry or moist.”