sandadhe - he fixed; astram - the weapon; sva-dhanuṣi - upon his bow; kāmaḥ - Cupid; pañca-mukham - having five heads (sight, sound, smell, touch and taste); tadā - then; madhuḥ - spring; manaḥ - the mind of the sage; rajaḥ-tokaḥ - the child of passion, greed; indra-bhṛtyāḥ - the servants of Indra; vyakampayan - attempted to agitate.

While the son of passion [greed personified], spring and the other servants of Indra all tried to agitate Mārkaṇḍeya’s mind, Cupid drew his five-headed arrow and fixed it upon his bow.