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
ดุจอินทร์ผู้ทรงวัชระ แม้รุ่งเรืองและทรงพลังแต่ถูกความมืดแห่งตมัสปกคลุม ฉันใด พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐนั้นถูกวัชระฟาดล้มลงสู่พื้นปฐพีฉันนั้น
Word by Word
yathāthus/as
yathā:
vajradharaḥthe wielder of the thunderbolt (Indra)
vajradharaḥ:
śrīmānillustrious, radiant
śrīmān:
balavānpowerful
balavān:
tamasā-anvitaḥenveloped by darkness/ignorance (tamas)
tamasā-anvitaḥ:
papātafell
papāta:
bhūmauon the earth
bhūmau:
nihataḥslain/struck down
nihataḥ:
vajreṇaby the thunderbolt
vajreṇa:
dvija-puṅgavaḥthe foremost among the twice-born (excellent Brāhmaṇa).
dvija-puṅgavaḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)