ittham - in this manner; bhagavataḥ - of the Personality of Godhead; citraiḥ - wonderful; vacobhiḥ - by the words; saḥ - he (Vṛka); su - very; peśalaiḥ - clever; bhinna - bewildered; dhīḥ - his mind; vismṛtaḥ - forgetting; śīrṣṇi - on his head; sva - his own; hastam - hand; ku-matiḥ - foolish; nyadhāt - placed.

[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] Thus bewildered by the Personality of Godhead’s enchanting, artful words, foolish Vṛka, without realizing what he was doing, placed his hand on his head.