अथवा लवणं ब्रह्मन् यज्ञघ्नं ते मधोः सुतम् । कथयत्वसुरप्रख्यं नैव मोक्ष्यामि पुत्रकम् ॥ ३५ ॥
athavā lavaṇaṁ brahman yajñaghnaṁ tē madhōḥ sutam | kathayatvasuraprakhyaṁ naiva mōkṣyāmi putrakam || 35 ||
Translation
"Or, O brahmin, if it is Lavaṇa, the son of Madhu, chief among the asuras, who wrecks your sacrifice, tell me; I will not let my son go.
Word by word
- athavā
- or
- lavaṇaṁ
- Lavaṇa
- brahman
- (brahman) O brahmin
- yajña
- sacrifice
- ghnaṁ
- who wrecks
- tē
- your
- madhōḥ
- of Madhu
- sutam
- the son
- kathayatu
- tell
- asura
- among the asuras
- prakhyaṁ
- chief
- na
- not
- ēva
- at all
- mōkṣyāmi
- I will let go
- putrakam
- my son
Meaning
Lavaṇa, son of the asura Madhu, is slain by Śatrughna in the Rāmāyaṇa.