वाहनदानमन्त्रम्The mantras for giving the vehicles
Verse 258
सुरासुरनियुद्धेषु महाबलपराक्रमः । देवानां जयदो भीमो दनुजानां विनाशकृत् ॥ २५८ ॥
surāsuraniyuddhēṣu mahābalaparākramaḥ | dēvānāṁ jayadō bhīmō danujānāṁ vināśakṛt || 258 ||
Translation
"Mighty in strength and valour in the battles of gods and asuras, terrible one, giver of victory to the gods and destroyer of the dānavas,
Word by word
- sura
- of gods
- asura
- (asura) and asuras
- niyuddhēṣu
- in the battles
- mahā
- great
- bala
- in strength
- parākramaḥ
- (parākramaḥ) and valour
- dēvānāṁ
- to the gods
- jaya
- of victory
- daḥ
- (daḥ) giver
- bhīmaḥ
- (bhīmaḥ) terrible one
- danujānāṁ
- of the dānavas
- vināśa
- destruction
- kṛt
- maker
Meaning
The lion is the Devī's mount in her battles against the demons, as the Caṇḍī tells.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He makes the praise of the lion itself in two verses, "surāsura" and the rest.