Shloka 48
हनूमद्विक्रम-प्रशंसा तथा महेन्द्रारोहणम्
Hanuman’s Self-Assertion of Power and Ascent of Mount Mahendra
निश्श्वसद्भिस्तदाऽर्तैस्तु भुजङ्गैरर्धनि:सृतैः।।4.67.48।।सपताक इवाभाति स तदा धरणीधरः।
niśśvasadbhis tadā’rtaiḥ tu bhujaṅgair ardha-niḥsṛtaiḥ |
sapatāka ivābhāti sa tadā dharaṇīdharaḥ || 4.67.48 ||
তেতিয়া সেই ধৰণীধৰ পৰ্বতটি যেন পতাকাৰে সজ্জিত দেখা গ’ল; কিয়নো আৰ্ত ভুজংগবোৰ অর্ধেক বাহিৰ ওলাই ফাটৰ পৰা নিশ্বাস এৰি ফোঁচফোঁচাইছিল।
The alarmed and agitated sages abandonned the mountain peaks.The mountain appeared like a lone traveller separated from the caravan in the great forest.
FAQs
The verse points to compassionate awareness: mighty actions unsettle vulnerable beings; righteousness includes mindful restraint and necessity-based force.
The mountain’s crevices open and serpents, alarmed, half-emerge and hiss, creating the visual of flag-like markers.
Purposeful intensity—Hanumān’s imminent leap is so powerful that it transforms the landscape’s appearance.