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Verse 33
तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रः करालास्यः शटाशोभितकन्धरः । चतुरङ्घ्रिर्वज्रनखो महासिंहः प्रकीर्तितः ॥ ३३ ॥
tīkṣṇadaṁṣṭraḥ karālāsyaḥ śaṭāśōbhitakandharaḥ | caturaṅghrirvajranakhō mahāsiṁhaḥ prakīrtitaḥ || 33 ||
Translation
Sharp-fanged, with gaping jaws, his neck made beautiful by a mane, four-footed, with claws like thunderbolts: such is the great lion described.
Word by word
- tīkṣṇa
- sharp
- daṁṣṭraḥ
- (daṁṣṭraḥ) fanged
- karāla
- gaping
- āsyaḥ
- (āsyaḥ) with jaws
- śaṭā
- by a mane
- śōbhita
- made beautiful
- kandharaḥ
- (kandharaḥ) his neck
- catur
- (catuḥ) four
- aṅghriḥ
- (aṅghriḥ) footed
- vajra
- like thunderbolts
- nakhaḥ
- (nakhaḥ) clawed
- mahāsiṁhaḥ
- (mahāsiṁhaḥ) the great lion
- prakīrtitaḥ
- (prakīrtitaḥ) is described
Meaning
Verses 33-35 describe how each vehicle is to be shaped. The commentary explains "karālāsya" as a mouth full of teeth and "śaṭā" as the mane, a mass of thick hair clinging together.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He tells the form of the great lion in one verse, "tīkṣṇadaṁṣṭraḥ" and the rest. Karālāsyaḥ: with a mouth full of teeth. Śaṭāśobhitakandharaḥ: whose neck is made beautiful by the mane (śaṭā), the mass of special hairs clinging to one another. Caturaṅghriḥ: four-footed.