hateṣu - being killed; malla-varyeṣu - the best wrestlers; vidruteṣu - having run away; ca - and; bhoja-rāṭ - the Bhoja king, Kaṁsa; nyavārayat - stopped; sva - his own; tūryāṇi - musical instruments; vākyam - words; ca - and; idam - these; uvāca ha - spoke.

The Bhoja king, seeing that his best wrestlers had all been killed or had fled, stopped the musical performance originally meant for his pleasure and spoke the following words.