श्रीराम उवाच । वन्ध्यापुत्रेण पिष्टोऽद्रिः शशशृङ्गं प्रगायति । प्रसार्य भुजसम्पातं शिला नृत्यति ताण्डवम् ॥ ७१ ॥
śrīrāma uvāca | vandhyāputrēṇa piṣṭō’driḥ śaśaśṛṅgaṁ pragāyati | prasārya bhujasampātaṁ śilā nṛtyati tāṇḍavam || 71 ||
Translation
Rāma said: "The son of a barren woman has ground a mountain to powder; a hare's horn is singing; a rock spreads out its arms and dances the tāṇḍava;
Word by word
- vandhyā
- of a barren woman
- putrēṇa
- the son
- piṣṭō
- (piṣṭaḥ) has ground to powder
- adriḥ
- a mountain
- śaśa
- a hare's
- śṛṅgaṁ
- horn
- pragāyati
- is singing
- prasārya
- spreads out
- bhuja
- its arms
- sampātaṁ
- flinging
- śilā
- a rock
- nṛtyati
- dances
- tāṇḍavam
- the tāṇḍava
Meaning
Rāma protests, and with spirit. The commentary: he is giving voice to the disbelief of ordinary people in the doctrine of appearance. Every image is an impossibility: things that do not exist doing things.