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एवं मदान्ध उत्सिक्तो निरङ्कुश इव द्विपः ।
पर्यटन्रथमास्थाय कम्पयन्निव रोदसी ॥ ५ ॥
When he became overly blind due to his opulences, King Vena mounted a chariot and, like an uncontrolled elephant, began to travel through the kingdom causing the sky and earth to tremble wherever he went.
 
evam madandha utsikto
niraṅkusa iva dvipah
paryatan ratham asthaya
kampayann iva rodasi
evam-thus; mada-andhah-being blind with power; utsiktah-proud; niraṅkusah-uncontrolled; iva-like; dvipah-an elephant; paryatan-traveling; ratham-a chariot; asthaya-having mounted; kampayan-causing to tremble; iva-indeed; rodasi-the sky and earth.