तं दृष्ट्वा ते भयापन्नाः सिंहं दृष्ट्वा यथा गजाः । विद्रवन्ति च नश्यन्ति पतङ्गा इव पावके ॥ २७ ॥
taṁ dṛṣṭvā tē bhayāpannāḥ siṁhaṁ dṛṣṭvā yathā gajāḥ | vidravanti ca naśyanti pataṅgā iva pāvakē || 27 ||
Translation
Seeing him they are seized with fear, like elephants that see a lion; they run and perish like moths in a flame.
Word by word
- taṁ
- him
- dṛṣṭvā
- seeing
- tē
- they
- bhayāpannāḥ
- seized with fear
- siṁhaṁ
- a lion
- yathā
- as
- gajāḥ
- elephants
- vidravanti
- run away
- ca
- and
- naśyanti
- perish
- pataṅgā
- moths
- iva
- like
- pāvakē
- in fire