iti - in this way; śakram - unto Indra; viṣīdantam - lamenting; āha - spoke; vāk - a voice; aśarīriṇī - without any body, or from the sky; na - not; ayam - this; śuṣkaiḥ - by anything dry; atho - also; na - nor; ārdraiḥ - by anything moist; vadham - annihilation; arhati - is befitting; dānavaḥ - this demon (Namuci).

Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: While the morose Indra was lamenting in this way, an ominous, unembodied voice said from the sky, “This demon Namuci is not to be annihilated by anything dry or moist.”