स्वर्गार्हशूरानयनव्यग्रेन्द्रभटभासुरम् । शूरार्थालङ्कृतोत्तुङ्गलोकपालाख्यवारणम् ॥ २० ॥
svargārhaśūrānayanavyagrēndrabhaṭabhāsuram | śūrārthālaṅkṛtōttuṅgalōkapālākhyavāraṇam || 20 ||
Translation
bright with Indra's soldiers, busy bringing to heaven the heroes worthy of it; where the lofty elephants called the world-guardians' stood adorned for the heroes;
Word by word
- svarga
- heaven
- arha
- worthy of
- śūra
- the heroes
- ānayana
- bringing
- vyagra
- busy
- indra
- Indra's
- bhaṭa
- with soldiers
- bhāsuram
- bright
- artha
- for
- alaṅkṛta
- adorned
- uttuṅga
- lofty
- lōkapāla
- the world-guardians'
- ākhya
- called
- vāraṇam
- where the elephants
Meaning
Heaven sends an escort. Indra's men wait to carry the worthy dead up to his world, and the great elephants of the guardians of the quarters, Airāvata and the rest, stand decked out to bear them. Both commentaries name Airāvata. The worthy are honoured as kings are honoured on earth, with an elephant to ride.