vrikah -- Vrika; nama -- by name; asurah -- a demon; putrah -- a son; sakuneh -- of Sakuni; pathi -- on the road; naradam -- the sage Narada; drishtva -- seeing; asu -- quickly; tosham -- pleased; papraccha -- he asked about; deveshu -- among the lords; trishu -- three; durmatih -- wicked.

The demon named Vrika, a son of Sakuni's, once met Narada on the road. The wicked fellow asked him which of the three chief gods could be pleased most quickly.