महाबलः mighty, दुन्दुभिः Dundubhi, माहिषम् buffalo, रूपम् form, धारयन् assuming, तीक्ष्णशृङ्गः pointed horns, भयावहः frightening, प्रावृषि in rainy season, नभस्तले in the sky, तोयपूर्णः laden with water, महामेघ इव like a huge cloud, किष्किन्धायाः Kishkinda's, द्वारम् entrance, आगम्य reached, भूमिम् earth, कम्पयन् shaking, दुन्दुभिर्यथा like Dundubhi a wardrum, ननर्द roared.

'Mighty Dundubhi assuming the form of a frightening buffalo with pointed horns looking like a huge, dark raincloud in the sky in monsoon marched to the entrance of Kishkinda and roared like a wardrum as if shaking the earth.