जिघांसुरकृतप्रज्ञस्तं प्रहारमनुस्मरन्।
तेन मुक्तास्त्रयो बाणाः शिताः शत्रुनिबर्हणाः।
विकृष्य बलवच्चापं सुपर्णानिलतुल्यगाः॥
jighāṁsur akṛta-prajñas taṁ prahāram anusmaran
tena muktās trayo bāṇāḥ śitāḥ śatru-nibarhaṇāḥ
vikṛṣya balavac cāpaṁ suparṇānila-tulyagāḥ
jighāṁsuḥ = I wanted to kill [Him]; akṛta-prajñaḥ = thoughtlessly; tam = the [previous]; prahāram = attack [by Him]; anusmaran = remembering; tena = He; muktāḥ = and released; trayaḥ = three; bāṇāḥ = arrows; śitāḥ = sharp; śatru-nibarhaṇāḥ = which could destroy the enemies; vikṛṣya = stretched; balavat = His strong; cāpam = bow; suparṇa-anila-tulyagāḥ = and which were as swift as Garuḍa and Vāyu.
Remembering the [previous] attack [by Him], I thoughtlessly wanted to kill [Him]. He stretched His strong bow and released three sharp arrows which could destroy the enemies and which were as swift as Garuḍa and Vāyu.
Akṛta-prajñaḥ (“thoughtlessly”) indicates that Mārīca’s intelligence was inactive [at that time].