Chapter 11
स इन्द्रशत्रु: कुपितो भृशं तया महेन्द्रवाहं गदयोरुविक्रम: । जघान कुम्भस्थल उन्नदन्मृधे तत्कर्म सर्वे समपूजयन्नृप ॥ १० ॥
Transliteration
sa indra-śatruḥ kupito bhṛśaṁ tayā mahendra-vāhaṁ gadayoru-vikramaḥ jaghāna kumbha-sthala unnadan mṛdhe tat karma sarve samapūjayan nṛpa
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
saḥ — that; indra-śatruḥ — Vṛtrāsura; kupitaḥ — being angry; bhṛśam — very much; tayā — with that; mahendra-vāham — the elephant who is the carrier of Indra; gadayā — by the club; uru-vikramaḥ — who is famous for his great strength; jaghāna — struck; kumbha-sthale — on the head; unnadan — roaring loudly; mṛdhe — in that fight; tat karma — that action (striking the head of Indra’s elephant with the club in his left hand); sarve — all the soldiers (on both sides); samapūjayan — glorified; nṛpa — O King Parīkṣit.
Translation
“O King Parīkṣit, the powerful Vṛtrāsura, the enemy of King Indra, angrily struck the head of Indra’s elephant with that club, making a tumultuous sound on the battlefield. For this heroic deed, the soldiers on both sides glorified him.”