सेहे रुजं सुदुर्मर्षां सत्त्वमालम्ब्य मातलिः ।
इन्द्रो जम्भस्य सङ्क्रुद्धो वज्रेणापाहरच्छिरः ॥ १८ ॥
indro jambhasya saṅkruddho
sehe-tolerated; rujam-the pain; su-durmarsam-intolerable; sattvam-patience; alambya-taking shelter of; matalih-the charioteer Matali; indrah-King Indra; jambhasya-of the great demon Jambha; saṅkruddhah-being very angry at him; vajrena-with his thunderbolt; apaharat-separated; sirah-the head.
Although the pain was extremely severe, Matali tolerated it with great patience. Indra, however, became extremely angry at Jambhasura. He struck Jambhasura with his thunderbolt and thus severed his head from his body.