निशाचरबलं हन्तुं मुने यदि तवेप्सितम् । चतुरङ्गसमायुक्तं मया सह बलं नय ॥ २३ ॥
niśācarabalaṁ hantuṁ munē yadi tavēpsitam | caturaṅgasamāyuktaṁ mayā saha balaṁ naya || 23 ||
Translation
"If you wish to destroy the army of the night-roamers, O sage, take an army complete in its four parts, with me.
Word by word
- niśācara
- of the night-roamers
- balaṁ
- the army; (then) an army
- hantuṁ
- to destroy
- munē
- O sage
- yadi
- if
- tava
- you
- īpsitam
- wish
- caturaṅga
- in its four parts
- samāyuktaṁ
- complete
- mayā
- me
- saha
- with
- naya
- take
Meaning
The four parts of an army are elephants, chariots, horse and foot.