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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 1.9.21

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
53
Published
38
Verses
1307
Level
intermediate

Sarga 9 · Verse 21

Verse 21

सुप्रभा जनयामास पुत्रान् पञ्चाशतं परान् । संघर्षान्नाम दुर्धर्षान् दुराकारान् बलीयसः ॥ २१ ॥

suprabhā janayāmāsa putrān pañcāśataṁ parān | saṁgharṣānnāma durdharṣān durākārān balīyasaḥ || 21 ||

Translation

"Suprabhā bore fifty more sons, the Saṅgharṣas by name, unassailable, fearsome in form, exceedingly strong.

Word by word

suprabhā
Suprabhā
janayāmāsa
bore
putrān
sons
pañcāśataṁ
fifty
parān
more
saṁgharṣān
the Saṅgharṣas ("clashers")
nāma
by name
durdharṣān
unassailable
durākārān
fearsome in form
balīyasaḥ
exceedingly strong

Meaning

Saṅgharṣa means "clash": these are weapons of close combat. With Jayā's fifty they make the hundred weapons of verse 19.