vyasuḥ - lifeless; papāta - he fell; ambhasi - into the water; kṛtta - severed; śīrṣaḥ - his heads; nikṛtta - cut off; śṛṅgaḥ - whose peak; adriḥ - a mountain; iva - as if; indra - of Lord Indra; tejasā - by the power (that is, by his thunderbolt); tasya - his, Mura's; ātma-jāḥ - sons; sapta - seven; pituḥ - of their father; vadha - by the killing; āturāḥ - very distressed; pratikriyā - for retribution; amarṣa - fury; juṣaḥ - feeling; samudyatāḥ - aroused to action.

Lifeless, Mura’s decapitated body fell into the water like a mountain whose peak has been severed by the power of Lord Indra’s thunderbolt. The demon’s seven sons, enraged by their father’s death, prepared to retaliate.