• śālva-amātyaḥ — Śālva's minister
  Contiguous join (śālva + amātyaḥ). Amātya — counselor, minister. The asura-king's amātya is asura too; the company of one's amātyas defines one's path. Bhāgavata diagnosis: choose your amātyas as you would choose your sat-saṅga.
• dyumān — named Dyumān
  From √dyut — to shine. Ironically a 'shining one' on the asura side, mirroring Pradyumna's own pra-dyu-. The Bhāgavatam loves these mirror-names: the same root, different ātmā.
• gadayā — with his club
  Instrumental of gadā. Gadā is Viṣṇu's own weapon — but in the wrong hand it becomes adhārmic. Kṛṣṇa's own brother Gada (verse 14) is named for it; the same noun crosses the line between divine ornament and asuric tool.
• maurvyā — made of carbonized iron
  From murva — bowstring, or a hard fibrous material. The synonym translates the word as carbonized iron — the hardest available metal of the era. Dyumān strikes with the era's strongest weapon; even so, the next verses will show that strongest material is no match for Bhagavān-aṁśa.
• vyanadat — roared
  Imperfect of vi + √nad. The same root as nāda. Asuric nāda is the inverse of bhakti-nāda (the holy name); both shake the air, but only one purifies it.

Like a wounded asura-lieutenant who, instead of falling back, runs his black-iron club straight at the prince — Dyumān answers Pradyumna's earlier arrows with his whole rage at once. The asura's last roar is loudest before silence.