ततः then, वातापिः Vatapi, भ्रातुः brother's, वचः voice, श्रुत्वा on hearing, मेषवत् like a sheep, नदन् while bleating, ब्राह्मणानाम् of brahmins, शरीराणि from the bodies, भित्त्वा भित्त्वा tearing out one by one, विनिष्पतत् came out.

Then hearing his brother's voice, Vatapi would bleat like a sheep and jump out, tearing open the bodies of those brahmins.