tadā - at that time; apatat - falling like a meteor; gagana-tale - beneath the sky or on the ground; mahā-javam - extremely powerful; vicicchide - cut to pieces; hariḥ - Indra; iṣubhiḥ - by his arrows; sahasradhā - into thousands of pieces; tam - that Namuci; āhanat - struck; nṛpa - O King; kuliśena - with his thunderbolt; kandhare - on the shoulder; ruṣā-anvitaḥ - being very angry; tridaśa-patiḥ - Indra, the King of the demigods; śiraḥ - the head; haran - to separate.

O King, when Indra, King of heaven, saw this very powerful spear falling toward the ground like a blazing meteor, he immediately cut it to pieces with his arrows. Then, being very angry, he struck Namuci’s shoulder with his thunderbolt to cut off Namuci’s head.