हविर्धानीमृषेर्दर्पान्नरान् हर्तुमचोदयत् । ते च माहिष्मतीं निन्यु: सवत्सां क्रन्दतीं बलात् ॥ २६ ॥
havirdhanim rser darpan naran hartum acodayat te ca mahismatim ninyuh sa-vatsam krandatim balat
- havih-dhanim
- the kamadhenu
- rseh
- of the great sage Jamadagni
- darpat
- because of his being puffed up with material power
- naran
- all his men (soldiers)
- hartum
- to steal or take away
- acodayat
- encouraged
- te
- the men of Kartaviryarjuna
- ca
- also
- mahismatim
- to the capital of Kartaviryarjuna
- ninyuh
- brought
- sa-vatsam
- with the calf
- krandatim
- crying
- balat
- because of being taken away by force.
Being puffed up by material power, Kartaviryarjuna encouraged his men to steal Jamadagni’s kamadhenu. Thus the men forcibly took away the crying kamadhenu, along with her calf, to Mahismati, Kartaviryarjuna’s capital.