Shloka 34

दक्षयज्ञध्वंसः—वीरभद्रप्रेषणं, देवविष्ण्वोः पराजयः, पुनरनुग्रहः

Devanagari script

प्रदीपितमहाशालं दृष्ट्वा यज्ञो ऽपि दुद्रुवे तं तदा मृगरूपेण धावन्तं गगनं प्रति

Transliteration

pradīpitamahāśālaṃ dṛṣṭvā yajño 'pi dudruve taṃ tadā mṛgarūpeṇa dhāvantaṃ gaganaṃ prati

Translation

Voyant cette vaste salle flamboyer d'un éclat ardent, Yajña lui-même s'enfuit terrifié ; puis, prenant la forme d'un cerf, il courut — s'élançant vers le ciel.

Word by Word

• प्रदीपित (pradīpita): blazing, kindled

• महा-शालम् (mahā-śālam): great hall / vast pavilion

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā): having seen

• यज्ञः (yajñaḥ): Yajña (the personified sacrifice / sacrificial rite)

• अपि (api): even

• दुद्रुवे (dudruve): fled, ran away

• तम् (tam): him

• तदा (tadā): then

• मृग-रूपेण (mṛga-rūpeṇa): in the form of a deer

• धावन्तम् (dhāvantam): running, speeding

• गगनम् (gaganam): the sky

• प्रति (prati): toward

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)