नटवन्मूढ मायाभिर्मायेशान् नो जिगीषसि । जित्वा बालान् निबद्धाक्षान् नटो हरति तद्धनम् ॥ ४ ॥
natavan mudha mayabhir mayesan no jigisasi jitva balan nibaddhaksan nato harati tad-dhanam
- nata-vat
- like a cheater or rogue
- mudha
- you rascal
- mayabhih
- by exhibiting illusions
- maya-isan
- unto the demigods, who can control all such illusory manifestations
- nah
- unto us
- jigisasi
- you are trying to become victorious
- jitva
- conquering
- balan
- small children
- nibaddha-aksan
- by binding the eyes
- natah
- a cheater
- harati
- takes away
- tat-dhanam
- the property in the possession of a child.
Indra said: O rascal, as a cheater sometimes binds the eyes of a child and takes away his possessions, you are trying to defeat us by displaying some mystic power, although you know that we are the masters of all such mystic powers.