Shloka 10

Kāleya-Āśrama-Vināśaḥ — The Kāleyas’ nocturnal raids and the devas’ supplication to Nārāyaṇa

Devanagari script

स शरीर समुत्सज्य स्वान्यस्थीनि प्रदास्यति । तस्यास्थिभिर्महाघोरं वजन संस्क्रियतां दृढम्‌,“तुम्हारे माँगनेपर वे शरीर त्यागकर अपनी हड्डियाँ दे देंगे। उनकी उन हलड्डियोंद्वारा तुमलोग सुदृढ़ एवं अत्यन्त भयंकर वज्रका निर्माण करो

Transliteration

sa śarīraṃ samutsṛjya svāny asthīni pradāsyati | tasyāsthibhir mahāghoraṃ vajraṃ saṃskriyatāṃ dṛḍham ||

Translation

Lomasa said: “At your request he will relinquish his body and give you his own bones. With those bones, fashion a firm vajra—an exceedingly terrible weapon—so that the intended task may be accomplished.”

Word by Word

सhe

शरीरम्body

समुत्सृज्यhaving abandoned/given up

स्वानिhis own

अस्थीनिbones

प्रदास्यतिwill give

तस्यof him

अस्थिभिःwith (his) bones

महा-घोरम्very terrible

वज्रम्thunderbolt/adamant weapon

संस्क्रियताम्let it be fashioned/constructed

दृढम्firm, strong

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lomasa

vajra (thunderbolt weapon)

bones (asthi)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes