sri-sukah uvaca -- Sukadeva Gosvami said; sisupalasya -- for Sisupala; salvasya -- Salva; paundrakasya -- Paundraka; api -- also; durmatih -- evil-hearted (Dantavakra); para-loka -- to the next world; gatanam -- who had gone; ca -- and; kurvan -- doing; parokshya -- for those who have passed away; sauhridam -- act of friendship; ekah -- alone; padatih -- on foot; sankruddhah -- infuriated; gada -- a club; panih -- in his hand; prakampayan -- making tremble; padbhyam -- with his feet; imam -- this (earth); maha-raja -- 0 great King (Parikshit); maha -- great; sattvah -- whose physical power; vyadrisyata -- was seen.

Sukadeva Gosvami said: Acting out of friendship for Sisupala, Salva and Paundraka, who had all passed on to the next world, the wicked Dantavakra appeared on the battlefield in a great rage, O King. All alone, on foot and wielding a club in his hand, the mighty warrior shook the earth with his footsteps.