तां दैवीं गिरमाकर्ण्य मघवान्सुसमाहित: । ध्यायन् फेनमथापश्यदुपायमुभयात्मकम् ॥ ३९ ॥
tam daivim giram akarnya maghavan susamahitah dhyayan phenam athapasyad upayam ubhayatmakam
- tam
- that
- daivim
- ominous
- giram
- voice
- akarnya
- after hearing
- maghavan
- Lord Indra
- su-samahitah
- becoming very careful
- dhyayan
- meditating
- phenam
- appearance of foam
- atha
- thereafter
- apasyat
- he saw
- upayam
- the means
- ubhaya-atmakam
- simultaneously dry and moist.
After hearing the ominous voice, Indra, with great attention, began to meditate on how to kill the demon. He then saw that foam would be the means, for it is neither moist nor dry.