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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.34.47

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 34 · Verse 47

Verse 47

भुशुण्डीशक्तिशूलासिमुसलप्रासवृष्टयः । अन्योन्यच्छेदभेदाभ्यां करप्रकरतोऽपतन् ॥ ४७ ॥

bhuśuṇḍīśaktiśūlāsimusalaprāsavṛṣṭayaḥ | anyōnyacchēdabhēdābhyāṁ karaprakaratō’patan || 47 ||

Translation

Showers of bhuśuṇḍīs, spears, tridents, swords, pestles and lances fell from hosts of hands, cutting and splitting one another.

Word by word

bhuśuṇḍī
of bhuśuṇḍīs
śakti
spears
śūla
tridents
asi
swords
musala
pestles
prāsa
and lances
vṛṣṭayaḥ
showers
anyōnya
one another
cchēda
cutting
bhēdābhyāṁ
and splitting
kara
of hands
prakaratō
(prakarataḥ) from hosts
apatan
fell

Meaning

One of the few verses in the narrator's own voice: the weapons are so many that they meet and break each other in the air before they reach anyone.