तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा द्वास्था राजगृहं ययुः । संभ्रान्तमनसः सर्वे तेन वाक्येन चोदिताः ॥ ८ ॥
tasya tadvacanaṁ śrutvā dvāsthā rājagṛhaṁ yayuḥ | saṁbhrāntamanasaḥ sarvē tēna vākyēna cōditāḥ || 8 ||
Translation
Hearing his words, the doorkeepers went to the king's palace, all of them flustered, driven by what he had said.
Word by word
- tasya
- his
- tad
- (tat) those
- vacanaṁ
- words
- śrutvā
- hearing
- dvāsthā
- (dvāsthāḥ) the doorkeepers
- rāja
- the king's
- gṛhaṁ
- palace
- yayuḥ
- went to
- saṁbhrānta
- flustered
- manasaḥ
- minded
- sarvē
- all
- tēna
- by that
- vākyēna
- what he had said
- ca
- and
- uditāḥ
- (coditāḥ) driven
Meaning
The name alone is enough to unsettle them: Viśvāmitra's temper is as famous as his power.