Then that creator of all beings, the reverend Gadādhara,* twanging his bow-string, showered volleys of shafts on Máli. *Lit. the holder of the mace, a name of Visnu.
अथ मौर्वीस्वनं कृत्वा भगवान्भूतभावनः। मालिनं प्रति बाणौघान्ससर्जासिगदाधरः॥