Verse 39·VR 4.16.39
अथ उक्षितः शोणित तोय विस्रवैः सुपुष्पित अशोक इव अचलोद्गतः | विचेतनो वासव सूनुर् आहवे प्रभ्रञ्शित इन्द्र ध्वजवत् क्षितिम् गतः || ४-१६-३९
Translation
That Indra's son Vali, dampened with blood and sweat, then looked like just felled Ashoka tree which has stemmed up and so far standing high on a mountain with fully bloomed clusters of its blood-red flowers, and when his anima is undone he even looked like the flagstaff on which a flag is raised in honour of Indra, but which is altogether dislodged and abandoned on the ground. [4-16-39]
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Sugreeva's Second Fight and Vali's Falling Down
38 verses · Verse 39 of 38
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