Shloka 12

Adhyaya 35 — दधीचि-क्षुप-युद्धम्, भार्गवोपदेशः, मृतसंजीवनी (त्र्यम्बक) मन्त्रः

Devanagari script

यथा वज्रधरः श्रीमान् बलवांस्तमसान्वितः पपात भूमौ निहतो वज्रेण द्विजपुङ्गवः

Transliteration

yathā vajradharaḥ śrīmān balavāṃstamasānvitaḥ papāta bhūmau nihato vajreṇa dvijapuṅgavaḥ

Translation

Assim, o mais eminente dos brâmanes, embora radiante e poderoso como o portador do vajra, foi encoberto pelo tamas; atingido pelo vajra, caiu por terra.

Word by Word

• yathā: thus/as

• vajradharaḥ: the wielder of the thunderbolt (Indra)

• śrīmān: illustrious, radiant

• balavān: powerful

• tamasā-anvitaḥ: enveloped by darkness/ignorance (tamas)

• papāta: fell

• bhūmau: on the earth

• nihataḥ: slain/struck down

• vajreṇa: by the thunderbolt

• dvija-puṅgavaḥ: the foremost among the twice-born (excellent Brāhmaṇa).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)