पितरं वरुणग्रस्तं श्रुत्वा जातमहोदरम् । रोहितो ग्राममेयाय तमिन्द्र: प्रत्यषेधत ॥ १७ ॥
pitaram varuna-grastam srutva jata-mahodaram rohito gramam eyaya tam indrah pratyasedhata
- pitaram
- about his father
- varuna-grastam
- having been attacked with dropsy by Varuna
- srutva
- after hearing
- jata
- had grown
- maha-udaram
- inflated abdomen
- rohitah
- his son Rohita
- gramam eyaya
- wanted to come back to the capital
- tam
- unto him (Rohita)
- indrah
- King Indra
- pratyasedhata
- forbade to go there.
When Rohita heard that his father had been attacked by dropsy due to Varuna and that his abdomen had grown very large, he wanted to return to the capital, but King Indra forbade him to do so.