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Verse 34
शृङ्गायुधः शुद्धकायः चतुष्पादसितक्षुरः । बृहत्ककुत् कृष्णपुच्छः श्यामस्कन्धो वृषः स्मृतः ॥ ३४ ॥
śṛṅgāyudhaḥ śuddhakāyaḥ catuṣpādasitakṣuraḥ | bṛhatkakut kṛṣṇapucchaḥ śyāmaskandhō vṛṣaḥ smṛtaḥ || 34 ||
Translation
Armed with horns, of spotless body, with dark hooves on his four feet, a great hump, a black tail and a dark shoulder: such is the bull remembered to be.
Word by word
- śṛṅga
- with horns
- āyudhaḥ
- (āyudhaḥ) armed
- śuddha
- spotless
- kāyaḥ
- (kāyaḥ) of body
- catuṣpāda
- on his four feet
- asita
- dark
- kṣuraḥ
- (kṣuraḥ) hooves
- bṛhat
- a great
- kakut
- hump
- kṛṣṇa
- a black
- pucchaḥ
- (pucchaḥ) tail
- śyāma
- a dark
- skandhaḥ
- (skandhaḥ) shoulder
- vṛṣaḥ
- (vṛṣaḥ) the bull
- smṛtaḥ
- (smṛtaḥ) is remembered
Meaning
The commentary reads "asitakṣura" as hooves of dark colour.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He tells the form of the bull in one verse, "śṛṅgāyudhaḥ" and the rest. Asitakṣuraḥ: with dark (nīla) hooves.