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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.33.39

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 33 · Verse 39

Verse 39

वज्रमुष्टिविनिष्पिष्टपिष्टसद्भटसङ्कटः । श्येनवद्व्योमपदवीप्रोत्पतत्पट्टपट्टिशः ॥ ३९ ॥

vajramuṣṭiviniṣpiṣṭapiṣṭasadbhaṭasaṅkaṭaḥ | śyēnavadvyōmapadavīprōtpatatpaṭṭapaṭṭiśaḥ || 39 ||

Translation

crowded with good warriors pounded to powder by fists hard as thunderbolts; sharp paṭṭiśas flying up the sky's path like hawks;

Word by word

vajra
hard as thunderbolts
muṣṭi
by fists
viniṣpiṣṭa
pounded
piṣṭa
to powder
sad
(sat) good
bhaṭa
with warriors
saṅkaṭaḥ
crowded
śyēnavad
(śyenavat) like hawks
vyōma
of the sky
padavī
the path
prōtpatat
flying up
paṭṭa
sharp
paṭṭiśaḥ
paṭṭiśas

Meaning

The wrestlers' fists crush men to powder. The paṭṭiśa, a broad sharp-edged weapon, flies up into the air like a hawk. Both commentaries give these.