ऐरावणादयस्त्वष्टौ दिग् गजा अभवंस्तत: । अभ्रमुप्रभृतयोऽष्टौ च करिण्यस्त्वभवन्नृप ॥ ५ ॥
airavanadayas tv astau dig-gaja abhavams tatah abhramu-prabhrtayo ’stau ca karinyas tv abhavan nrpa
- airavana-adayah
- headed by Airavana
- tu
- but
- astau
- eight
- dik-gajah
- elephants that could go in any direction
- abhavan
- were generated
- tatah
- thereafter
- abhramu-prabhrtayah
- headed by the she-elephant named Abhramu
- astau
- eight
- ca
- also
- karinyah
- female elephants
- tu
- indeed
- abhavan
- also generated
- nrpa
- O King.
Thereafter, O King, eight great elephants, which could go in any direction, were generated. They were headed by Airavana. Eight she-elephants, headed by Abhramu, were also generated.