Shloka 18

अध्याय 66: इक्ष्वाकुवंश-ऐलवंशप्रवाहः (त्रिशङ्कु-राम-ययात्यादि-प्रकरणम्)

Devanagari script

ततः षष्टिसहस्राणि सुषुवे सा तु वै प्रभा खनन्तः पृथिवीं दग्धा विष्णुहुङ्कारमार्गणैः

Transliteration

tataḥ ṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi suṣuve sā tu vai prabhā khanantaḥ pṛthivīṃ dagdhā viṣṇuhuṅkāramārgaṇaiḥ

Translation

Pagkaraan, si Prabhā ay tunay na nagsilang ng animnapung libong anak na lalaki. Habang hinuhukay nila ang lupa, sila’y nasunog—tinamaan ng lakas na tila sandata mula sa huṅkāra (banal na dagundong) ni Viṣṇu, kapangyarihang di kayang tiisin ng paśu, ang nilalang na nakagapos.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then

• ṣaṣṭi-sahasrāṇi: sixty thousand

• suṣuve: gave birth

• sā: she

• tu: indeed

• vai: verily

• prabhā: Prabhā (name of the mother)

• khanantaḥ: digging/excavating

• pṛthivīm: the earth

• dagdhāḥ: burned/consumed

• viṣṇu-huṅkāra: Viṣṇu’s huṅkāra (sacred roar)

• mārgaṇaiḥ: by missiles/arrows (i.e., weapon-like forces)

Speaker

Suta Goswami