तत्रैकदा तद्गिरिकाननाश्रय: करेणुभिर्वारणयूथपश्चरन् । सकण्टकं कीचकवेणुवेत्रवद् विशालगुल्मं प्ररुजन्वनस्पतीन् ॥ २० ॥
tatraikada tad-giri-kananasrayah karenubhir varana-yutha-pas caran sakantakam kicaka-venu-vetravad visala-gulmam prarujan vanaspatin
- tatra
- therein
- ekada
- once upon a time
- tat-giri
- of that mountain (Trikuta)
- kanana-asrayah
- who lives in the forest
- karenubhih
- accompanied by female elephants
- varana-yutha-pah
- the leader of the elephants
- caran
- while wandering (toward the lake)
- sa-kantakam
- a place full of thorns
- kicaka-venu-vetra-vat
- with plants and creepers of different names
- visala-gulmam
- many thickets
- prarujan
- breaking
- vanah-patin
- trees and plants
The leader of the elephants who lived in the forest of the mountain Trikuta once wandered toward the lake with his female elephants. He broke many plants, creepers, thickets and trees, not caring for their piercing thorns.