puruṣān - men; yoṣitaḥ - and women; dṛptaḥ - audacious; kṣmā-bhṛt - of a mountain; droṇī - within a valley; guhāsu - inside caves; saḥ - he; nikṣipya - casting; ca - and; apyadhāt - sealed; śailaiḥ - with large stones; peśaṣkārī - a wasp; iva - as; kīṭakam - a small insect.

Just as a wasp imprisons smaller insects, he arrogantly threw both men and women into caves in a mountain valley and sealed the caves shut with boulders.