SB 4.14.5 • मूल श्लोक

एवं मदान्ध उत्सिक्तो निरङ्कुश इव द्विप: । पर्यटन् रथमास्थाय कम्पयन्निव रोदसी ॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration

evaṁ madāndha utsikto niraṅkuśa iva dvipaḥ paryaṭan ratham āsthāya kampayann iva rodasī

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

evam — thus; mada-andhaḥ — being blind with power; utsiktaḥ — proud; niraṅkuśaḥ — uncontrolled; iva — like; dvipaḥ — an elephant; paryaṭan — traveling; ratham — a chariot; āsthāya — having mounted; kampayan — causing to tremble; iva — indeed; rodasī — the sky and earth.

Translation

“When he became overly blind due to his opulences, King Vena mounted a chariot and, like an uncontrolled elephant, began to travel through the kingdom, causing the sky and earth to tremble wherever he went.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda