Hearing his words as he haughtily spoke thus with his spirit of insolence magnified by much, that foremost of the Nairta soldiers, Mahodara, with joined hands observed.
तत्तस्य वाक्यं ब्रुवतो निशम्य सगर्वितं रोषविवृद्धदोषम्। महोदरो नैऋतयोधमुख्यः कृताञ्जलिर्वाक्यमिदं बभाषे।८१॥