Verse 30·VR 5.38.30

स दर्भ संस्तरात् गृह्य ब्रह्मणो अस्त्रेण योजयः || ५-३८-३० स दीप्त इव काल अग्निः जज्वाल अभिमुखो द्विजम् |

sa tam nipatitam bhuumau sharaNyaH sharaNaa gatam || 5-38-34 vadha arham api kaakutstha kR^ipayaa paryapaalayaH |

Translation

"Taking a blade of Kusa grass from his bed ( made of Kusa grass), Rama employed it to work with Brahma's missile (a mythical weapon which deals with infallible destruction). That blazing shoot of grass, resembling a fire destroying the world, flared up in front of that bird."

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gR^ihya

taking

darbham

a shoot of Kusa grass

samstaraat

from his bed (made of Kusa grass)

saH

that Rama

yojayat

used it to work

braahmeNa astreNa

with Brahma's missile (a mythical weapon which deals infallible destruction)

sah

that

diiptaH

blazing shoot of grass

kaalaagniriva

like fire destroying the world

jajvaala

flared up

dvijam abhimukham

in front of that bird.

Chapter context

38

Hanuma Asks Seetha to Give Him a Token of Remembrance

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