Shloka 53

इन्द्रवृत्रयुद्धवर्णनम्

Indra–Vṛtra Conflict and the Adversaries’ Tapas-Targeting Counsel

Devanagari script

इदमारोपितं ब्रह्मन्‌ किमन्यत्‌ करवाणि ते । तस्य रामो ददौ दिव्यं जामदग्न्यो महात्मन: । शरमाकर्णदेशान्तमयमाकृष्यतामिति

Transliteration

idam āropitaṁ brahman kim anyat karavāṇi te | tasya rāmo dadau divyaṁ jāmadagnyo mahātmanaḥ | śaram ākārṇadeśāntam ayam ākṛṣyatām iti

Translation

“ब्रह्मन्! यह तो चढ़ा दिया गया; अब तुम्हारे लिए और क्या करूँ?” तब महात्मा जामदग्न्य राम ने उसे एक दिव्य बाण देते हुए कहा—“इसे कान तक खींचो (पूर्ण प्रत्याकर्षण करो)।”

Word by Word

idamthis

āropitamplaced/put on; mounted

brahmanO brahmin

kimwhat

anyatother (else)

karavāṇishould I do/make

tefor you/to you

tasyaof him/of that

rāmaḥRama

dadaugave

divyamdivine

jāmadagnyaḥJāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)

mahātmanaḥof the great-souled (one)

śaramarrow

ākarṇa-deśa-antamup to the ear-region’s end (i.e., to the ear)

ayamthis (man)

ākṛṣyahaving drawn/pulled

tāmthat (it/her)

itithus

Speaker

लोमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

ल

लोमश (Lomaśa)

ब

ब्राह्मण (a Brāhmaṇa addressee)

र

राम जामदग्न्य (Rāma Jāmadagnya/Paraśurāma)

द

दिव्य शर (divine arrow)

आ

आकर्ण (ear-region; full draw of bow)

Sandhi Notes