Shloka 25
Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti
Devanagari script
कालाग्निस्तच्छरस्यैव साक्षात्तीक्ष्णः सुदारुणः अनीकं विषसम्भूतं वायवो वाजकाः स्मृताः
Transliteration
kālāgnistaccharasyaiva sākṣāttīkṣṇaḥ sudāruṇaḥ anīkaṃ viṣasambhūtaṃ vāyavo vājakāḥ smṛtāḥ
Translation
Cette flèche elle-même devint le Feu du Temps (Kālāgni) : manifeste, tranchante comme un rasoir et d’une effroyable âpreté. Et la troupe née du poison est tenue pour les vents, les propulseurs (vājaka) qui la poussent en avant.
Word by Word
kālāgniḥthe Fire of Time (all-consuming cosmic fire)
kālāgniḥ:
tat-śarasya evaof that very arrow indeed
tat-śarasya eva:
sākṣātdirectly, manifestly
sākṣāt:
tīkṣṇaḥsharp, piercing
tīkṣṇaḥ:
su-dāruṇaḥextremely terrible
su-dāruṇaḥ:
anīkama host, troop, battalion
anīkam:
viṣa-sambhūtamborn from poison
viṣa-sambhūtam:
vāyavaḥwinds, airs
vāyavaḥ:
vājakaḥimpellers, drivers, instigators
vājakaḥ:
smṛtāḥare remembered/known as
smṛtāḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya, describing the inner narrative of divine conflict)