Chapter 8 · Aṣṭamo’dhyāyaḥ (Eighth Chapter)
Verse 43
कुलिशेनाहतस्याशु बहु सुस्राव शोणितम्। समुत्तस्थुस्ततो योधास्तद्रूपास्तत्पराक्रमाः ॥ ४३ ॥
kuliśēnāhatasyāśu bahu susrāva śōṇitam | samuttasthustatō yōdhāstadrūpāstatparākramāḥ || 43 ||
Translation
Quickly, much blood flowed from him struck by the thunderbolt, and then warriors of that form and prowess sprang up.
Word by word
- kuliśena
- by the thunderbolt
- āhatasya
- of the struck
- āśu
- quickly
- bahu
- much
- susrāva
- flowed
- śoṇitam
- blood
- samuttasthuḥ
- sprang up
- tataḥ
- then
- yodhāḥ
- warriors
- tadrūpāḥ
- of that form
- tatparākramāḥ
- of that prowess
Meaning
Aindrī’s thunderbolt strike causes Raktabīja’s blood to flow, spawning new warriors identical in form and prowess, multiplying the threat.